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True Stories of Rescue and Survival: Canada's Unknown Heroes Paperback - 2008

by Carolyn Matthews


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A crab boat off Newfoundland catches fire, and a rescue is undertaken by helicopter. A child goes missing in a New Brunswick forest, and a desperate hunt is mounted. A climber falls on a British Columbia mountain, and a helicopter rescue is attempted. A civilian chopper crashes in Nunavut, and a search-and-rescue team braves a savage snowstorm to find survivors.

True Stories of Rescue and Survival features the above true stories and many more from across the country, past and present. Its heroes are to be found in the RCMP, city police forces, the Canadian military, and among all the rescue workers and specialists of the Canadian Coast Guard. Volunteers, too, risk injury and even death to help others.

Sidebars spotlight the equipment search-and-rescue teams use, how search dogs are trained, how long-line rescues work, how navy divers are making a difference in the deserts of Afghanistan, and much more.

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  • Title True Stories of Rescue and Survival: Canada's Unknown Heroes
  • Author Carolyn Matthews
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dundurn Press, Hamilton
  • Date 2008-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781550028515 / 1550028510
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 7.9 x 0.5 in (19.56 x 20.07 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 15 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 10
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 971

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Citations

  • Quill & Quire, 04/01/2009, Page 44

About the author

Carolyn Matthews, a former registered counsellor and nurse, was born in New Zealand. She now writes full time and has published two books, including Heroic Rescues at Sea and To the Rescue! Her articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail and the National Post. She lives in Toronto.

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