True stories of rescue and survival : Canada's unknown heroes / Carolyn Matthews.

True stories of rescue and survival : Canada's unknown heroes / Carolyn Matthews.

By
: 
Matthews, Carolyn, 1942-

Publication Date
: 
2008

Publication Information
: 
Toronto : Dundurn Press,

Physical Description
: 
171 p.

Subject Term
: 
Heroes -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term
: 
Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary
: 
Features true stories 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. 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.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781550028515


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