“The River” by Peter Heller. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2019. 253 pages. $25.95Two young men - Jack and Wynn - take a canoe trip in northern Canada at summer’s end. Their plan is to spend a few weeks paddling through a chain of small lakes to a river that will deliver them, via some white-water moments, to a small Native American village. They are best friends with a rare gift of time. Jack is from Colorado and Wynn lives in Vermont. Both are skilled outdoorsmen who [...]
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