This post-Civil War James Bondish contraption-happy sci-fi film is hard to categorize, a quality not to be confused with originality.

The main setting of the novel is post-Civil War in the southern town of Clarendon, North Carolina.

William Perkins, Abolitionist and wealthy post-Civil War African-American entrepreneur.

Having fallen on hard times during and post-Civil War, Holland sold the land to Alexander Mosely in 1871 for $6,760.47.