Destroyed Library in iPhoto 08 after import from 09

This is a bummer: I have iPhoto 09 on my new MacBook and 08 on my iMac at home. As I imported my pictures from "on the road" on my MacBook, I made the library available and opened it from my iMac (08). I then imported the photos from the 09 library.
The first time I did this, the pictures from 09 were in the 08 library, but no thumbnails were shown at all. So I deleted them and did the import again. And presto, they showed up fine.
The next time I started up iPhoto, it indicated that "this new version... rebuild Thumbnails". I cancelled out, as I needed to send a photo by email. At the next start, I went ahead and let it "rebuild" (whatever). After that, only the last three events - i.e. the ones I had imported from 09 - were visible.
I did a library rebuild. I purchased "iPhoto Library Manager" and did a rebuild via that. Nothing helped. The photos are still there, but the entire library seems to be completely shot.
Before I laboriously start re-importing all the pictures from the library - does anyone have any other ideas? Delete some file to have iPhoto rebuild it, etc? I would very much like to not have to redo everything - I've read other people's accounts of re-imports and they are a real pain - especially with 50+gigs of photos.
Thank you!

Hans
I was hoping for an error message with iPhoto Library Manager not iPhoto. It will usually cough something up if it has a problem.
My TM certainly does back up iPhoto. I'm not sure why yours wouldn't. Try post on the TM forum here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227
for more info and help with that.
Here's my back up strategy: pick and choose as you think fit:
My Library lives on my iMac.
It’s Backed up to two external hard disks every day. These disks are permanently attached to the iMac. These back ups run automatically. One is done by Time Machine, one is a bootable back up done by SuperDuper
It’s also backed up to a portable hard disk when ever new photos are added. This hard disk lives in my car. For security, this disk is password protected. For this job I use DejaVu because it makes a simple back up that is clear and can be tested easily without doing an full restore.
I have a second off-site back up at a relative’s house across town. That’s updated every 3 or 4 months.
My Photos are backed up online. Personally I use SmugMug but there are many options including flickr. However, check the terms of your account carefully. While most sites have free uploading, you will often find that these uploads are limited in terms of the file size, or the bandwidth you can use per month. For access that allows you to upload full size pics with no restrictions you will need to pay.
Every couple of months I test the back ups to make sure they are working correctly. It’s very easy to mis-configure a back up application, and the only way to protect against that is to do a restore.
Regards
TD

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