Book Reviews
Dean Gunnarson: The Making of an Escape Artist By Carolyn Gray 208 pages Great Plains Publications
pain, and life-threatening obstacles of having leukemia at 12 years-of-age helped shape Dean into the modern day daredevil that he is today. It’s also a story of a friendship be-
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tween two young boys, both battling cancer. Dean and his friend, Philip Hornan, set out on an epic adven- ture of escaping from R.C.M.P. de- tachments across Manitoba. As they learned to escape from handcuffs, straight jackets and jail cells, they soon faced their toughest challenge, escap- ing from Stony Mountain Penitentia- ry. Somehow they always found a way to achieve the impossible and escape
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his is a beautiful and magi- cally written story that takes an inside look at how deal- ing with the challenges,
their maximum security restraints. As Philip's cancer became incurable
they searched for a miracle in psychics and faith healers. Even the legend- ary magician Doug Henning became friends with Phil and tried to find a magic way to help save his life. Sadly, Philip lost his fight with cancer at the young age of 15. Tis year marks the 30th anniversary of his passing. Shortly after Phil's death, all the
dreams and hopes that the two teen- agers had planned started to materi- alize for Dean. He performed on the biggest stage of his life, on live TV in Los Angeles, in front of millions of people. Ten two decades later Phil comes back into Dean's life and gives him one last gift that changes his life forever.
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