Easter IslandDial Press, 2003 - 308 pages But, out of contact with the outside world, she is unaware that World War I has been declared and that a German naval squadron, fleeing the British across the South Pacific, is heading to the island she now considers home." "Sixty years later, Dr. Greer Farraday, an American botanist, travels to Easter Island to research the island's ancient pollen, but more important, to put back the pieces of her life after the death of her husband.". |
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... Spee also left behind any hope for commu- nication with home . The range of the ship's wireless was only several hundred miles , and cable stations were few and far between . Alone , unadvised , von Spee would have to follow the orders ...
... Spee also left behind any hope for commu- nication with home . The range of the ship's wireless was only several hundred miles , and cable stations were few and far between . Alone , unadvised , von Spee would have to follow the orders ...
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... Spee's growing tension . Von Spee had known Sir Christopher Cradock since his first posting to Tsingtao ; he had sent a man with whom he'd been friends for fourteen years to the bottom of the sea . Days later , at a dinner to celebrate ...
... Spee's growing tension . Von Spee had known Sir Christopher Cradock since his first posting to Tsingtao ; he had sent a man with whom he'd been friends for fourteen years to the bottom of the sea . Days later , at a dinner to celebrate ...
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... Spee , " to compass the destruction of five warships , only two of which were armoured , it was necessary to employ ... Spee only weeks after dispatch , when it was no longer useful . As he was rounding the coast of South America , the ...
... Spee , " to compass the destruction of five warships , only two of which were armoured , it was necessary to employ ... Spee only weeks after dispatch , when it was no longer useful . As he was rounding the coast of South America , the ...
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