false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161737186m/2915.jpg 2915 19 "We want you to do it again."<br><br><br><br>These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived.<br><br><br><br>Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. Soon the project backfires, though, leaving Brian with a wounded partner and a long river to navigate. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate. 6815 book 1991 The River (Laurel Leaf Books) total:1483|5:287|4:476|3:524|2:167|1:29| 1483 5274 1806 130 2 1 false false Mon Jun 02 11:54:38 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 10:38:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 17:54:42 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:18:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 16:38:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:28:59 -0800 2009
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