Newsgroup: it.fan.stephen-king
Titolo: quasi spoiler

Salve,
 ho appena iniziato a leggere il romanzo "Tommyknockers". Mi sono accorto
che in questo romanzo come in quello "La tempesta del secolo", si accenna ad
un fatto misterioso avvenuto in un'isola nei pressi della Carolina dove
l'intera popolazione di una  cittadina scomparve improvvisamente e si trovò
solo la scritta "Croaton" incisa su un albero.
Ma è un fatto accaduto veramente o una finzione dell'autore?
Altra cosa. In molti romanzi si accenna a quelle ghiacciere che si aprono
solo dall'esterno. é veramente successo che qualche bambino ci sia finito
dentro per sbaglio e sia morto soffocato?
Grazie in anticipo
Cardip

 un fatto misterioso avvenuto in un'isola nei pressi della Carolina [...]
"Croaton" [...]
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;)
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n.d.L.]
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Gruß
Lars©

 Prova a vedere qua...
Cià, te lo copio/incollo così nessuno fa fatica... ;P
da 
http://stephen-king.net/index.asp
http://stephen-king.net/findobject.asp?type=xref&name=Croaton
CROATON
The word CROATON is mentioned in *Storm of the Century* to be carved into a
tree in conjunction with the disappearance of a colony of settlers from
Roanoke Island, Virginia in 1591. Linoge shows this image during the dream
he brings to the islanders in the niht of the storm. Later on, Ms. Beals
carves this word into her rowing boat before (presumably) jumping off to
drown herself.
This disappearace Linoge is referring to in "his" dreams has really
happened, although the spelling of Croaton seems to be mixed up. In addition
to Croaton, i have seen the two spellings Croatan and Croatoan, so far, the
prior of which seems to be the name of an Indian tribe, the latter the name
of an island near Roanoke.
Supposedly, the incident at Roanoke Island has been mentioned in *The
Tommyknockers* as well, although i have not yet confirmed this personally.
Croaton seems to be the name of an ancient Indian demon.
I have been sent the following exerpt from the Compton's Encyclopedia by
mail, which sheds some light into what is actually supposed to have happened
on in 1591:
In 1587, a colony of 114 people settled on Roanake Island. This was one of
the first attempts to colonize in the new world. They were led by John
White. Times were tough and they needed supplies. John went back to England
for more supplies. He was unable to return until 3 years later. When he did
arrive back, he couldn't find a trace of the colony. No people, living or
dead, could be found. All personal belongings were left as if the people
simply disappeared into thin air. His only clue was a carving on a
tree-'CRO' was all he could decipher. Thinking that the 3 letters may have
been an unsuccessful attempt to spell out the word CROATOAN, a nearby
island, John sailed to Croatoan to search for his family and fellow
Englishmen. No trace could be found.
Also:
The Lost Colony, English colony in what is now North Carolina that
disappeared in 1591; the Croatan Indians in NC claim to be descendants of an
American Indian tribe and the colonists who joined and intermarried with
them; thus an explanation is given for the physical characteristics and
occasional English names of the Croatans.
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Email from the City of Roanoke
I received the following Email from the City of Roanoke, VA:
Mr. Hoffman,
On your page at 
http://www.stephen-king.net/movies/stormofthecentury.html
,
you describe the lost colony of Roanoke. I receive a good bit of e-mail from
people around the country looking for more information about the lost
colony. I'm afraid this is a common case of mistaken identity. The Roanoke
Valley of Virginia was not visited by explorers until 1671 and wasn't
settled until 1740. Roanoke, Virginia was chartered as a town in 1882 and a
city in 1884. We have never been lost. :)
To further complicate things, it is my understanding that the King movie
specifically says that the lost island of Roanoke was in Virginia. This is
not true. More information about the history of our Roanoke is available at
http://www.ci.roanoke.va.us/about
 .
You may want to point out the difference between Roanoke, VA and Roanoke
Island, NC on your page. Please feel free to contact me if I may be of any
further assistance.
-Craig T. Fifer
Webmaster, City of Roanoke, VA
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More explanation
(Thanks to Cie Hartley for providing this)
[...] Storm of the Century makes this incident sound fairly sinister. In
reality, it wasn't. The colony's leader was John White. He was sent back to
England for help. The colonists agreed that if they had to leave the
settlement, they would carve the name of the area they went to on a tree. If
there was danger, they would add a cross. White did not return for three
years. When he did return, the colonists were gone. Only the word "CROATOAN"
was carved into a tree. Since the word did not have a cross, White believed
there was no danger to the colonists. However, before White and his ship
could head for Croatoan, a storm damaged the ship, and he had to sail back
to England.
The rest of the story: Many historians believe the majority of the colonists
did not move to Croatoan. They think they went to southern Virginia near the
Dismal Swamp where White had explored before his first trip back to England.
They may have assimilated into the Chesapeake tribe. When the Jamestown
colonists arrived in 1607, one of their jobs was to look for the "Lost
Colony." The Chesapeake tribe did not get along with or pay tribute to Chief
Powhatan. Powhatan is believed to have killed all of the Chesapeake Indians
as well as any English colonists living with them. If there were any
colonists left, they all died in that attack.
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Gruß
Lars©

 
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Grazie mille
Cardip