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April 23, 2026 Frank Bures

Close Call: How Canoeist Frank Bures Survived An Early-Season Capsize (Paddling Magazine)

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Frank Bures is the author of "Pushing the River: An Epic Battle, a Lost History, a Near Death, and Other True Canoeing Stories," "The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes," and the editor of "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology." He writes about culture, travel, science, outdoors, narrative and belief.

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