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	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making [[Nikumaroro]] the place where [[Amelia Earhart]] left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making [[Nikumaroro]] the place where [[Amelia Earhart]] left her bones.

	* [http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/2009/10/as-a-new-biopic-about-legendary-aviatrix-amelia-earhart-launches-onto-movie-theater-screens-this-weekend-speculations-about.html "Amelia Earhart Eaten By Coconut Crabs?"]

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Moleski at 23:43, 25 October 2009

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	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making [[Nikumaroro]] the place where [[Amelia Earhart]] left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making [[Nikumaroro]] the place where [[Amelia Earhart]] left her bones.

			* [http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/2009/10/as-a-new-biopic-about-legendary-aviatrix-amelia-earhart-launches-onto-movie-theater-screens-this-weekend-speculations-about.html "Amelia Earhart Eaten By Coconut Crabs?"]

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Moleski at 12:30, 21 October 2009

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	'''''Thirteen Bones''''' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.		'''''Thirteen Bones''''' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.

	Woven around the tale of the bones, '''''Thirteen Bones''''' tells the story of the Nikumaroro colony, its tragic hero Gallagher, and its adventurous Tunguru (I-[[Kiribati]]) and Tuvaluan colonists. The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (whose acronym its creators cherished) was one of the last expansions of the British Empire. It was created as the world spiraled into war, and it died as Great Britain struggled to adapt to post-war realities.		Woven around the tale of the bones, '''''Thirteen Bones''''' tells the story of the [[PISS\|Nikumaroro colony]], its tragic hero [[Gallagher]], and its adventurous Tunguru (I-[[Kiribati]]) and Tuvaluan colonists. The [[PISS\|Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]] (whose acronym its creators cherished) was one of the last expansions of the British Empire. It was created as the world spiraled into war, and it died as Great Britain struggled to adapt to post-war realities.

	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making [[Nikumaroro]] the place where [[Amelia Earhart]] left her bones.

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Moleski at 12:25, 21 October 2009

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	[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]]. For more details about and excerpts from the book, see [http://www.tomfking.com Tom's own website.]		[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]'''''Thirteen Bones''''' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]]. For more details about and excerpts from the book, see [http://www.tomfking.com Tom's own website.]

	== About the novel ==		== About the novel ==
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	In '''''Thirteen Bones''''', author [[Tom King]] imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers.		In '''''Thirteen Bones''''', author [[Tom King]] imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers.

	''Thirteen Bones'' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.		'''''Thirteen Bones''''' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.

	Woven around the tale of the bones, ''Thirteen Bones'' tells the story of the Nikumaroro colony, its tragic hero Gallagher, and its adventurous Tunguru (I-[[Kiribati]]) and Tuvaluan colonists. The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (whose acronym its creators cherished) was one of the last expansions of the British Empire. It was created as the world spiraled into war, and it died as Great Britain struggled to adapt to post-war realities.		Woven around the tale of the bones, '''''Thirteen Bones''''' tells the story of the Nikumaroro colony, its tragic hero Gallagher, and its adventurous Tunguru (I-[[Kiribati]]) and Tuvaluan colonists. The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (whose acronym its creators cherished) was one of the last expansions of the British Empire. It was created as the world spiraled into war, and it died as Great Britain struggled to adapt to post-war realities.

	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that ''Thirteen Bones''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that '''''Thirteen Bones'''''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.

	== Where to buy ==		== Where to buy ==

Moleski at 12:23, 21 October 2009

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	[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]]. For more details about the book, see [http://www.tomfking.com Tom's own website.]		[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]]. For more details about and excerpts from the book, see [http://www.tomfking.com Tom's own website.]

	~~'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref~~=~~sr_1_1?ie~~=~~UTF8&s~~=~~books&qid~~=~~1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''~~		== About the novel ==

	On July 2, 1937, nearing the end of a flight around the world, aviation pioneers [[Amelia Earhart]] and [[Fred Noonan]] disappeared over the Pacific. Despite a [[Earhart_Project#Searches_without_Rescue\|massive search]], they were never found. Their fate remains a mystery to this day.		On July 2, 1937, nearing the end of a flight around the world, aviation pioneers [[Amelia Earhart]] and [[Fred Noonan]] disappeared over the Pacific. Despite a [[Earhart_Project#Searches_without_Rescue\|massive search]], they were never found. Their fate remains a mystery to this day.
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	In early 1939, British authorities in the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony]] launched the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]], and began to clear Gardner Island for coconut planting. In early 1940, the colonists found [[Bones found on Nikumaroro\|thirteen human bones]] near the island's southeast end, along with a [[sextant box]], a [[Benedictine bottle]], some [[corks]], and [[shoe parts\|parts of a woman's shoe.]]		In early 1939, British authorities in the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony]] launched the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]], and began to clear Gardner Island for coconut planting. In early 1940, the colonists found [[Bones found on Nikumaroro\|thirteen human bones]] near the island's southeast end, along with a [[sextant box]], a [[Benedictine bottle]], some [[corks]], and [[shoe parts\|parts of a woman's shoe.]]

	In '''''Thirteen Bones''''', author Tom King imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers~~. See [http://www.tomfking.com his website] for more details about the book~~.		In '''''Thirteen Bones''''', author [[Tom King]] imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers.

	''Thirteen Bones'' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.		''Thirteen Bones'' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.
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	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that ''Thirteen Bones''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that ''Thirteen Bones''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.

	~~'''Available at:'''~~		== Where to buy ==

	* [http://www.tomfking.com/ Tom's own home page.]		* [http://www.tomfking.com/ Tom's own home page.]
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	* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]		* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]

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Moleski at 12:19, 21 October 2009

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	[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]].		[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]]. For more details about the book, see [http://www.tomfking.com Tom's own website.]

	'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''		'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''
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	In early 1939, British authorities in the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony]] launched the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]], and began to clear Gardner Island for coconut planting. In early 1940, the colonists found [[Bones found on Nikumaroro\|thirteen human bones]] near the island's southeast end, along with a [[sextant box]], a [[Benedictine bottle]], some [[corks]], and [[shoe parts\|parts of a woman's shoe.]]		In early 1939, British authorities in the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony]] launched the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]], and began to clear Gardner Island for coconut planting. In early 1940, the colonists found [[Bones found on Nikumaroro\|thirteen human bones]] near the island's southeast end, along with a [[sextant box]], a [[Benedictine bottle]], some [[corks]], and [[shoe parts\|parts of a woman's shoe.]]

	In ''Thirteen Bones'', author Tom King imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers.		In '''''Thirteen Bones''''', author Tom King imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers. See [http://www.tomfking.com his website] for more details about the book.

	''Thirteen Bones'' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.		''Thirteen Bones'' is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by [[The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery]] - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator [[Gerald B. Gallagher]] and [[WPHC\|his superiors in Fiji]], reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.
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	'''Available at:'''		'''Available at:'''

			* [http://www.tomfking.com/ Tom's own home page.]

	* [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]		* [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]

Moleski at 02:00, 17 October 2009

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	''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]].		[[Image:Bonescoverart.jpg\|150px\|right]]''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]].

	'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''		'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''

Moleski at 18:50, 13 October 2009

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	* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]		* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]

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Moleski at 04:25, 13 October 2009

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	[[King\|Tom King's]] new novel. It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]].		''Thirteen Bones'' is [[King\|Tom King's]] new novel (2009). It is based on what [[TIGHAR]] has found on [[Nikumaroro]].

	'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''		'''Product description from [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]:'''

Moleski at 04:25, 13 October 2009

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	[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that ''Thirteen Bones''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.		[[Nikumaroro]] is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that ''Thirteen Bones''' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.

	~~[http~~:~~//www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]~~		'''Available at:'''

	[http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]		* [http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Bones-Tom-King-Thomas/dp/1608441857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254890001&sr=8-1 Amazon]

			* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thirteen-Bones/Tom-King/e/9781608441853/?itm=2&USRI=thirteen+bones Barnes & Noble.]