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Christopher Isherwood. Isherwood originally intended to call this novel The Lost, a title he conceived in German, Die Verlorenen.The title The Lost would have encompassed three different meanings: "those who have lost their way", by which he meant Germans who were being misled by Adolf Hitler; "the doomed", those like the character Bernard Landauer whom Hitler had already marked for ...
It is based on the legend of the cursed ship known as the Flying Dutchman. A young boy, Nebuchadnezzar (later Neb (shortened) and Ben (reversed)), and his dog, Denmark (named after the country in which he was found and later Den (shortened) and Ned (reversed)), are the lone survivors of the Flying Dutchman , fated to wander the earth forever ...
[1] The author T.E. Glover in his book, The Lost Dutchman Mine of Jacob Waltz, [citation needed] wrote of a U.S. Cavalry trooper named William Edwards who was present for the discovery of the deceaseds' remains. The Cavalry leaders assumed that these were bodies from an Indian battle between fighting tribes.
The Peralta Stones are a set of engraved stones suppsedly indicating the location of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, in Arizona, United States. The "Dutchman" was actually a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz (c. 1810–1891). [1] The story goes that the stones are named for an obscure "Peralta family", supposedly an old and powerful Mexican family.
The Lost Dutchman Mine ride was a popular attraction at Legend City amusement park (Tempe, AZ 1963–1983) [56] The Lost Dutchman's Mine features prominently in the Lara Croft, Tomb Raider three-part graphic series entitled "The Black Legion", published between December 2003 and March 2004. [57]
The Killer Mountains: A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, World Publishing Company (1969) Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders (with Vincent Bugliosi) Frame-up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, W. W. Norton, 1967; The Dolphin Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area; Jade: Stone of Heaven (with ...
Familiarity Is the Kingdom of the Lost. Arena Books. (edited and with an afterword by Barney Simon) 1993. Familiarity is the Kingdom of the Lost. New York: Basic Books. 1994. "Familiarity Is the Kingdom of the Lost", in D. Hirson and M. Trump (eds), The Heinemann Book of South African Short Stories. Oxford: Heinemann, pp. 28–36. 2005.
"At the grave of a long-dead stockman, hours from anywhere in the middle of the scorching Australian outback, lies a fresh corpse. A dust circle surrounds the grave's headstone, made by the desperate man as he tried to stay within its small shadow, but who lasted less than 24 hours in the fierce heat of an outback 'blasted smooth by a 100-year assault from sand, wind and sun'.