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  • Founder and Woodworker, Enger Grove
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Review: 'Radium,' by John Enger

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By John Enger
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Near the end of "Radium," John Enger's compelling debut novel, narrator Jim Quinn recalls the story of Unlucky Luke, a farm boy who, during a midnight sprint at a barracks stop en route to military Basic Training, gets out front, trips on a tree root and is subsequently trampled by 50-some recruits who can't see him in the darkness. Never reaching boot camp, Luke is not technically a soldier and so doesn't qualify for disability. He returns to Radium with crippling back pain and a dead-end job.
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Paddling passion: Mississippi River record becomes obsession

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By John Enger
| Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, WI) Verified
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — This idea of paddling the whole length of the Mississippi River in record time — it’s addictive. It’s not for everyone: The obsession only seems to affect a very small set within the already pretty small subculture of endurance canoe racers. But for those few people, it’s all-consuming. Every year or two, someone gets a group of paddlers together and they make a run — maybe to raise money for a charity, or for more personal reasons — and they usually fail. Pretty much always.
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Rivalry spurs race to set Mississippi River record

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By John Enger
| The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Verified
BEMIIDJI, Minn. — This idea of paddling the whole length of the Mississippi River in record time — it’s addictive. It’s not for everyone: The obsession only seems to affect a very small set within the already pretty small subculture of endurance canoe racers. But for those few people, it’s all-consuming. It’s a brutally long river. More than 2,300 miles. It breaks people. It breaks their wills. That’s part of the draw. At least, it was for K.J. Millhone.
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