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... Tyson's Cliff using ropes , but there wasn't much to tie on to , just a few bushes and a lot of rotten rock . A flat riverbar at the near end of the cliff offered what they felt was the best spot for a camp . The villagers called the ...
... Tyson's Cliff using ropes , but there wasn't much to tie on to , just a few bushes and a lot of rotten rock . A flat riverbar at the near end of the cliff offered what they felt was the best spot for a camp . The villagers called the ...
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... Tyson's Cliff , my palms clammy on the binoculars , my throat tight with apprehension as he grew smaller , a toy figure clinging tenuously in the wind to the thin rope on the sheer black rock . How could I ever get the nerve to try it ...
... Tyson's Cliff , my palms clammy on the binoculars , my throat tight with apprehension as he grew smaller , a toy figure clinging tenuously in the wind to the thin rope on the sheer black rock . How could I ever get the nerve to try it ...
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... Tyson's Cliff is scary , but I know you've built it up in your mind to be much worse than it really is . Besides , it's nice beyond the cliff ; don't you want to see how it looks ? " “ I do , ” I replied , “ but every time I go up to ...
... Tyson's Cliff is scary , but I know you've built it up in your mind to be much worse than it really is . Besides , it's nice beyond the cliff ; don't you want to see how it looks ? " “ I do , ” I replied , “ but every time I go up to ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LISTS OF CHARACTERS | 13 |
MAPS PROLOGUE | 19 |
PART ONE November 1981September 1982 | 29 |
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