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In the quiet of Hog's Hollow, each member of the
River family pursues a dream. Old Man River sets out to
build a fallout shelter in case the war in Vietnam "brings
the end of everything;" his wife Flo, who collects
Gone with the Wind dolls, attempts to pen her own Southern
saga; Beau, their older son, suffers from "space fever" and
aspires to be an astronaut. As for Danny, the younger River
boy, well, he just dreams of having a dog. Then in the
spring of 1965 tragedy befalls the Rivers--a tragedy that
makes the Old Man wish he'd never started building the
shelter, stops Flo from finishing her bestseller, and leaves
Beau grounded rather than airborne. But the tragedy does
finally bring a dog into Danny's life. And not just any
old dog. Danny comes to believe that the mixed-breed stray
embodies the spirit of someone he dearly loves. He won't
allow anyone to separate him from the dog, not even after
it bites the neighborhood bully and the police are sent
to take it away. Together Danny and his dog run off, heading
toward Cape Caneveral, where the Gemini missions blast
off from, and where dreams come true.
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