Carl Denham's Giant Monsters

Description: ISBN 9780970426963 New, Hard Cover, Numbered & Autographed by the Author. Dust Jacket & End Page Art by George Chastain. Carl Denham is forever remembered as the man who captured the giant ape, King Kong, and brought the creature to New York. The book, for the first time, tells of Denham’s life as told by Denham himself. After Kong’s night of destruction in Manhattan, and the public’s outcry for Denham’s head, he fled U. S. jurisdiction, and “was never seen again.” Yet rumors of his whereabouts and doings spread among the close-knit and closed-mouthed community of explorers and adventurers. Forty years after Kong’s night on the town, Frank Dello Stritto, an oil company engineer, and his wife Linda were living in Jakarta, Indonesia, and occasionally spent weekends on the small resort island of Kotok. There, they met an 80-year-old man who had been living in a small, fenced house for many years. They soon learned that their new friend was Carl Denham. Over the next two years, Frank and Linda met with Denham often, and learned of his many adventures before, during and after Kong. In the early 20thCentury, Denham gained fame as a fearless adventurer and documentary filmmaker. As a young man, he accompanied two-seasoned explorers to South America (Theodore Roosevelt on the 1914 “River of Doubt” expedition, and George Edward Challenger on the 1925 “Lost World”). Denham then travelled across the Indian Ocean to film Lost Lemuria,and to Africa for On Safari with Gorillas. Both films are now lost, but contemporary reviews testify to their thrilling footage of exotic lands. Those early adventures prepared Denham for an expedition to unknown Skull Island, where he encountered and subdued Kong. Those early exploits are well-documented, but Denham’s journeys continued after he vanished. Another trip to Skull Island, back to Africa and South America, then to the Himalayas, and to an unknown island whose location Denham refused to divulge. Between exploits, he hosted visits from explorers and scientists whose odd quests rivalled his. Denham sought more than adventure. Guilt over what he had done to Kong, and what Kong had done to many innocent people, haunted him. He looked for an exploit that might somehow, at least in his own mind, redeem him, and stay the memories that gave him no peace. 8,0

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