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Tom Neale

Adventurer, castaway, island lover, author (1902-1977) · New Zealand · On the map · Writers · Died at 75

Thomas Francis Neale was a New Zealander who spent much of his life in the Cook Islands, and a total of 16 years - in three sessions - living alone on the island of Anchorage in the Suwarrow atoll, the first two of which were the basis of his popular autobiography An Island To Oneself.

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