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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... boat , on April sixth the men set the sails , and Elsa and Alice watch the boat come to life . Edward , proud and handsome in his new white suit , assumes a regal perch behind the wheel . Above them , the sails fill with the breeze ...
... boat , on April sixth the men set the sails , and Elsa and Alice watch the boat come to life . Edward , proud and handsome in his new white suit , assumes a regal perch behind the wheel . Above them , the sails fill with the breeze ...
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... boat that collects the island's wool once a year . The boat is scheduled to make its annual trip in three weeks . But on their first night ashore Edward learns from the consul that the company boat departed the day before . " It wasn't ...
... boat that collects the island's wool once a year . The boat is scheduled to make its annual trip in three weeks . But on their first night ashore Edward learns from the consul that the company boat departed the day before . " It wasn't ...
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... boat . Land must be close . But as Elsa sits on deck , looking at the full sails , the taut lines , the winches , she no longer has the feeling that they have brought themselves this distance . The boat seems to her a creature with its ...
... boat . Land must be close . But as Elsa sits on deck , looking at the full sails , the taut lines , the winches , she no longer has the feeling that they have brought themselves this distance . The boat seems to her a creature with its ...
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