Redemption Island

TitleRedemption Island
Year for Search1928
AuthorsHale, Charles M[aynard](b. 1889), and [Simpson], Evan John(1901-53)
Tertiary AuthorsJohn, Evan [pseud.]
Date Published1928
PublisherWilliam Morrow & Company/J. M. Dent
Place PublishedNew York/London
KeywordsMale author, UK author
Annotation

Novel about an island prison or reformatory with a system designed to reform or redeem people, who are not known as prisoners but as "Probationers on Redemption Island". The novel traces the experience of one woman's experience serving her sentence on the island. Canadian setting.

Additional Publishers

New York William Morrow & Company/London J.M. Dent.

Pseudonym

Evan John [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

Can, L, PSt

Author Note

Hale (b. 1889) Simpson (1901-53)

Full Text

1928 Hale, Charles M[aynard] (b. 1889) and Evan John [Simpson] (1901-53). Redemption Island. New York: William Morrow & Company/London: J.M. Dent. Can, L, PSt

Novel about an island prison or reformatory with a system designed to reform or redeem people, who are not known as prisoners but as “Probationers on Redemption Island”. The novel traces the experience of one woman’s experience serving her sentence on the island. Canadian setting. Both Hale and Simpson were from the U.K.