Incredible adventures await the young English earl of Rosmore across the vast expanse of the distant United States. In search of the “American Dream,” he finds his far relative—a “genius” inventor, entrepreneur, and bell-changer—Colonel Melbury Sellers, whose main project was buying up Siberia in order to set up a republic there.
On the way to his goal, the ambitious young earl will face insurmountable difficulties. He will have to become an artist, defend his honor in a street fight, “die” in a massive fire, become a “material spirit,” and finally find the love of his entire life.