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Lot Essay
The present work was published as an illustration for Gordon Malherbe Hillman's short story "Tides of Memory" in the October 1936 issue of American Magazine.
"Tides of Memory" relates the story of Linda Craven, the last of the once prominent Craven family. Three hundred years before, her ancestors founded the town of Good Harbor. Today, the Depression has hit the town, and Linda has lost her job at the bank and her sense of security along with it. Still, when her long lost uncle Captain Thatcher arrives at her doorstep with nowhere else to go, she immediately sets to making a home for the old man. He restores her sense of purpose and inspires her new business. When he dies, it is revealed that the man once thought destitute left his large estate solely to Linda, and the distant relatives who turned their backs on the Captain during his life contest the will. In the present work, Linda is seen with her attorney friend as she is bracing for an uphill battle. In the end, forty of the seaworn captains and ladies of the once-thriving town testify to the goodhearted generosity of Linda Craven. Her security lies not in money--which she does win--but rather in the people she has always had.
"Tides of Memory" relates the story of Linda Craven, the last of the once prominent Craven family. Three hundred years before, her ancestors founded the town of Good Harbor. Today, the Depression has hit the town, and Linda has lost her job at the bank and her sense of security along with it. Still, when her long lost uncle Captain Thatcher arrives at her doorstep with nowhere else to go, she immediately sets to making a home for the old man. He restores her sense of purpose and inspires her new business. When he dies, it is revealed that the man once thought destitute left his large estate solely to Linda, and the distant relatives who turned their backs on the Captain during his life contest the will. In the present work, Linda is seen with her attorney friend as she is bracing for an uphill battle. In the end, forty of the seaworn captains and ladies of the once-thriving town testify to the goodhearted generosity of Linda Craven. Her security lies not in money--which she does win--but rather in the people she has always had.