"This is the story of six years which I spent alone, in two spells on an uninhabited coral atoll (Suwarrow OC-080) half a mile long and three hundred yards wide in the South Pacific. It was two hundred miles from the nearest inhabited island, and I first arrived there on October 7, 1952 and remained alone (with only two yachts calling) until June 24, 1954, when I was taken off ill after a dramatic rescue. I was unable to return to the atoll until April 23, 1960 and this time I remained alone until December 27, 1963..." (Tom Neale)Thursday, February 28, 2008
An island to oneself (OC-080)
"This is the story of six years which I spent alone, in two spells on an uninhabited coral atoll (Suwarrow OC-080) half a mile long and three hundred yards wide in the South Pacific. It was two hundred miles from the nearest inhabited island, and I first arrived there on October 7, 1952 and remained alone (with only two yachts calling) until June 24, 1954, when I was taken off ill after a dramatic rescue. I was unable to return to the atoll until April 23, 1960 and this time I remained alone until December 27, 1963..." (Tom Neale)
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Please remove this link to the E-Book. Private Islands Online are not paying Tom Neale's daughter (my friend) the commissions from sales of the E-Book.
Read more about islands on the 'original' Private Islands Blog
http://private-islands.blogspot.com
Done
regards, Maury
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