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Marooned on Egg Island in the Dauntless
A group led by Bob Bancroft searches for Buck Dukes after the Dauntless drifts aground on a river island. The boys, stranded with limited gear, establish a fire, cook a meal, and name the uninhabited isle as they plan rescue or survival along the Black River.
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Buck” Dukes
Jeffrey Wynne
Wynnecastle
Bob Bancroft
Lefty Turner
Wynne
Dauntless
Turner
Bob
Black River
Hank
Tubby
Beale