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The life of michael peterson from dymocks online bookstore. Sean doherty edited iconic surfing magazine tracks for a decade. Perhaps inevitably, the final chapters are pretty tragic. A threeman gangrape against 19yearold joan peterson. The life of michael peterson, harper collins, 2004, isbn 0732276098.

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