Blog for the book EIGHTH WONDER: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND
Research into Gigantopithecus blackii began in 1935, when the Dutch paleontologist G.H. von Koenigswald discovered a yellowish molar among the "dragon bones" for sale in a Hong Kong pharmacy. Traditional Chinese medicine maintains that dragon bones, basically fossil bones and teeth, possess curative powers when the fossils are ground into a fine powder, and ingested.
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With the help of one of the most significant historical discoveries since the wreck of the Titanic was located by oceanographer Robert Ballard in 1986, EIGHTH WONDER is, at last, the complete story of the real-life inspiration for the classic Hollywood film King Kong. The recovered archives of pioneering adventurer-filmmaker Carl Denham reveal the true tale of his strange voyage and the enigmatic "monster ape" that he attempted to exploitâwith notoriously disastrous resultsâin 1931.
