An Island to Oneself
In 1952, Tom Neale, age 50, decided to leave civilization. He hired a boat to drop him off on an uninhabited coral atoll in the South Pacific called Suvarov. The island was half a mile long by 300 yards wide and 200 miles from the nearest human being. He brought with him a small collection of supplies and no means of communication with the outside world. Neale remained alone on Suvarov until 1954 when he became ill and had to be evacuated in a dramatic rescue. He returned again in 1960 for another three-year spell.
His memoir An Island to Oneself: Six Years on a Desert Island
May 10th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
How did they know that he needed to be rescued if he had no communication with the outside world?
May 11th, 2006 at 9:51 am
Wikipedia is your friend: he apparently injured his back and was found, practically paralyzed, by someone who was sailing by. Then a ship was organized and two weeks later he was “dramatically rescued”.
May 16th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
I love this book, too! Reading it was part of the reason I went to the Cook Islands.