Copyright © 1997 by Lynn E. Ponton. Published by Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used in any manner whatsoever without writ- ten permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299. Designed by Elliott Beard. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication-Data Ponton, Lynn E. The romance of risk: why teenagers do the things they do/by Lynn E. Ponton. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-465-07075-2 (cloth) ISBN 0-465-07076-0 (paper)
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