The River by Peter Heller review duel in wilderness
A brisk critique of The River follows two Dartmouth friends Wynn and Jack on a Canadian canoe trip turned survival nightmare. The prose blends wilderness lore with literary allusions as a forest fire and tense human encounters threaten their perilous journey toward Hudson Bay.
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Dartmouth College
Wynn
Jack
Canada
Hudson Bay
Peter Heller
Edgar Allan Poe
Virgil
James Dickey
Heller
Celine
Never Game twists with Colter Shaw in a missing child case
Colter Shaw takes on a missing girl case after a $10000 reward spurs him to investigate Sophie whose father suspects abduction. Police hesitation gives way to a struggle scene as Shaw becomes a person of interest while unraveling twists shifting toward online gaming and unpredictable peril.
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Sophie
Colter Shaw
Shaw
Jeffery Deaver
Deaver
Today in History events of 1925 to 1997 recapped
A compilation of notable dates: 1925 Deputy Hop finds a suicide note in a Studebaker near Holland, 1886 Cleveland's White House marriage, 1897 Twain death hoax reply, 1924 Native citizenship act, 1941 Gehrig's death, 1953 Elizabeth II coronation, 1961 Kaufman death, 1966 Surveyor 1 lunar photos, 1976 Don Bolles bombing, 1979 John Paul I Poland visit, 1983 Air Canada DC-9 fire evacuation, 1986 Senate TV debut, 1997 McVeigh conviction.
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Albert Hop
Hudsonville
Holland
Black River
Waverly Bridge
Hop
Studebaker
Minard Mohr
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
White House
Cleveland
Executive
Mark Twain
New York Journal
London
Twain
New York Herald
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
U.S
Iron Horse
Lou Gehrig
New York
Elizabeth II
Westminster Abbey
George VI
George S. Kaufman
Arizona Republic
Don Bolles
Bohiz
Bolles
John Paul I
Poland
Cincinnati
Northern Kentucky
Air Canada
U.S. Senate
Timothy McVeigh
Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Oklahoma City
McVeigh
Celebrity Birthday Numbers Among Acknowledged Stars
Jerry Mathers turns 71 Sally Kellerman reaches 82 Dana Carvey becomes 64 Wayne Brady hits 47 in milestone profiles for the week highlighting enduring fame across generations.
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Jerry Mathers
Sally Kellerman
Dana Carvey
Wayne Brady
Wasp Invasion Sparks Suburban Narration and Humor
In Lost in Suburbia, a suburban couple confronts a massive wasp nest under their front porch as a hornet removal expert in hazmat gear explains spraying and relocation limits. The narrator jokes about choosing a guard dog over extermination and contemplates selling the house with the wasp condominium as a quirky feature.
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Rhode Island
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