Summary
Escape to Paradise: A True Story of Solitude and Survival
A South Seas classic since 1966, this is the story of one New Zealander brave enough to do what we have all now and then dreamed of doing – live alone on a desert island
In his youth Tom Neale was an ordinary seaman and for years a shopkeeper among the Cook Islands, but he was in his fifties when he turned his back on society to live alone on the South Pacific atoll of Suvarov (now known as Suwarrow).…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781775542667 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1775542661 |
| Author: | Tom Neale |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 164mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
Tom Neale
Tom Neale was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but his family soon moved to Greymouth, where his father became paymaster for the state coal mines. Eventually the family settled in Timaru. At eighteen Tom signed on as an apprentice engineer in the New Zealand Navy, where he spent four years before buying himself out in order to wander among the South Pacific islands, clearing bush, fishing and preparing copra. He later settled on Moorea, where he learned to speak Taihitian. In 1943 he accepted a job as store-keeper in the Cook Islands, and from there he sailed to Suvarov, now known as Suwarrow.
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