Screenwriters Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, writers of the 2005 film The Great Raid, were behind King's project since they first saw his book proposal in 2001.
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival is a 2004 nonfiction book written by maritime historian Dean King.
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This tragedy is recounted in the Skeletons on the Zahara, by Dean King, which is set in this region of the African coast.