''Campbell's Kingdom'' is a 1952

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by the British writer

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. A British man, ill and largely inactive since the

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, inherits land in the

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. He travels there to investigate his grandfather's instinct that there are valuable oil reserves under the land. Innes wrote about his travels in Canada to research ''Campbell's Kingdom'' in Chapter 5 of his non-fiction book ''Harvest of Journeys'' (1960).

Film adaptation

In 1957, the book was made into a British film of the same name directed by

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and starring

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, Michael Craig, and

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.Goble p. 238

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1952 British novels Novels by Hammond Innes British thriller novels British novels adapted into films Novels set in Canada William Collins, Sons books {{1950s-thriller-novel-stub