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This book is the culmination of a seven-year odyssey to understand the origin of a mysterious symbol that first appeared on a highly controversial century-old artifact called the Kensington Rune Stone. The discovery of the meaning of the Hooked X was stunning, as was the secret history behind it. Never-before published discoveries provide additional support for the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone. This new evidence serves as the foundation upon which the case for the medieval origin of the Spirit Pond and Narragansett Rune Stones, as well as the Newport Tower in Rhode Island rests. Anything that helps validate the Kensington Rune Stone also validates the Hooked X, which also appears on the other four North American rune stones and ties them all together. The Hooked X is also found in two other unexpected places: The Larsson Papers found in Sweden in 2004, and in Christopher Columbus s mysterious signature. The evidence and analysis presented here suggests the origin of the symbol lies within the coded alphabet of secret societies that have been in existence since at least the early part of the twelfth century right through today. The Hooked X path begins in Minnesota and makes its first stop along the Atlantic Coast, where it is found on the three Spirit Pond Rune Stones discovered at Popham Beach, Maine, in 1971. All three runic inscriptions, believed by many scholars to be fakes, are carved with the Hooked X symbol being used for the letter a. The Spirit Pond Map Stone has inscribed on it the words, Vinland 1402, takes two days with an arrow pointing south. If a ship sailed two days south of the area depicted on the Map Stone at Popham Beach, Maine, it would be in the vicinity of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Curiously, another runic inscription was found carved on a large boulder in shallow water near the shore in Narragansett Bay. It also contains the Hooked X. This suggests that those who carved all five rune stones are somehow connected, considering that the Hooked X is not found on any of the thousands of known runic inscriptions that occur throughout Scandinavia. On the other side of Narragansett Bay, in Newport, Rhode Island, stands a mysterious two-story stone structure called the Newport Tower. Amazingly, the final stop on the Hooked X journey in North America was discovered from evidence constructed within the Newport Tower and brings the story full-circle back to Kensington, Minnesota.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #8390 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780878393121
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Scott Wolter is a professional geologist and has spent over ten years studying the Kensington Runestone.

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Students of North American History
I've known of Scott Wolter's work on the Kensington Runestone, the Newport Tower and other areas, but there's new information here that clearly represents years of digging. I've never seen anyone connect the dots into such an interesting and completely plausible history. The lay reader will find the detailed methods of the science of geology presented in a way that makes them instantly understandable. Then Wolter lets those scientific proofs lead him (and the reader) into a historical context that is totally compelling.

As a member of the Sinclair family and director of the St. Clair DNA study, I've heard the Prince Henry story for many years, but Scott's work brings an entirely new dimension to it and presents it in a way that wraps up a lot of loose ends.

This book is a must-read for any student of the history of North America. I've read other alternative histories, but none with such a grounding in hard science. To refute this story is to question scientific method.

Hooked X a Must!
Scott Wolter's new book, The Hooked X, Key to Secret History of North America, is an exceptional piece of detective work that results in a shattering, well-presented, and very convincing hypothesis.
Those who have been saying for years that there is not a single thread of evidence for pre-Columbian contact on this continent have been blinded by the power of a long-running paradigm, one that has outgrown its usefulness. There is substantial evidence indicating pre-Columbian contact. For the most part, however, such evidence has not been accepted simply because it does not fit the paradigm.
What Wolter has done in this book is shatter that no-contact paradigm with evidence so strong that scholars will either have to change their opinions or ignore the book completely. I can't imagine their doing otherwise.
Clearly in his previous book, The Kensington Rune Stone, Compelling New Evidence, Wolter, and co-author Richard Nielson, scientifically established the authenticity of the Kensington rune stone. In The Hooked X, not only that stone, but several others declared hoaxes have also been proven to be authentic. The only alternative to that conclusion is to say that hoaxers knew many things, including the hooked X, that even the greatest scholars of our time were unaware of.
Wolter followed the clues world wide and photographed important evidence supporting his thesis, and these photographs appear throughout the book--letting you see what he saw, letting you decide on the evidence.
If this book proves one thing, it is that history is not something just in the past. It's all around us, permeating our daily lives.
I predict this book will be around for a long time and will act as a guide for future studies concerning history (some would say pre-history) on this continent.
I suggest if you read only one book this year, read this one.

Interesting research thwarted by lousy editing.
"The Hooked X" is packed with fascinating findings that place Vikings deep into North America 150 years before Columbus. The author, Scott Wolter, presents his findings in a clear and easy to read manner. He backs up any claims he makes with the best evidence he has. Some things he says are a tiny stretch, but so is teaching our children, to this day, that Columbus discovered America. The evidence is there, the dates and facts seem well and good, but my biggest gripe with this book is its miserable grammer. Call me crazy for caring, but every chapter has multiple misused words, mispelled words, repeated sentences, even two complete paragraphs reprinted on the next page. This, to me, is devestating to a book that is trying to look as professional and well thought out as possible. In my opinion, rewriting history as we know it deserves more attention to detail.

That gripe aside, the book is hard to put down. If you are a history buff, this book is an absolute must read. It may change the way history is taught.