Mayday To The Rescue

Author : Chris L. Demarest
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0689851618

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Mayday! Mayday! by Chris L. Demarest Pdf

A thirty-foot yacht, adrift well out to sea, sends, "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Please respond to our plea!" Hearing this call for help, the United States Coast Guard leaps into action. A team of four highly trained rescue specialists head out in an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Battling fierce conditions, the Coast Guard team finally locates the disabled boat, rescues the crew, treats injured passengers, and carries them back to safety. Complemented by dramatic, striking illustrations, Chris L. Demarest's text brings into vivid focus one of the many important jobs performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. A detailed author's note provides additional information about the search-and-rescue process, making this a terrific book for any school or home library.

Author : Christine Tagg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02
Category : BusyBugz (Fictitious characters)
ISBN : 1571459146

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Mayday to the Rescue by Christine Tagg Pdf

Mayday the dragonfly flies around looking for bugs who need to be rescued.

Author : Christine Tagg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-29
Category : Insects
ISBN : 1740410408

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Mayday to the Rescue by Christine Tagg Pdf

Author : Karen Farrington,Nick Constable
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007443390

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Mayday! Mayday!: The History of Sea Rescue Around Britain’s Coastal Waters by Karen Farrington,Nick Constable Pdf

Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people’s hearts as unpaid volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse conditions to rescue others from the sea.

Author : Karen Harrington
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316298001

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Mayday by Karen Harrington Pdf

In the tradition of Counting By 7s and The Thing About Jellyfish, a heartwarming coming-of-age story about grief, family, friendship, and the importance of finding your voice Wayne Kovok lives in a world of After. After his uncle in the army was killed overseas. After Wayne and his mother survived a plane crash while coming back from the funeral. After he lost his voice. Wayne has always used his love of facts to communicate ("Did you know more people die each year from shaking a vending machine than from shark attacks?"). Without his voice, how will he wow the prettiest girl in school? How will he stand up to his drill-sergeant grandfather? And how will he share his hopes with his deadbeat dad? It's not until Wayne loses his voice completely that he realizes how much he doesn't say. Filled with Karen Harrington's signature heart and humor, Mayday tackles an unforgettable journey of family and friendship.

Author : Joyce Millard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0952733501

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Mayday-- by Joyce Millard Pdf

Author : Michael J. Tougias
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627792844

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Into the Blizzard by Michael J. Tougias Pdf

A riveting true account of a rescue at sea from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours. In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker—both paralyzed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk who was compelled to act. Gathering his crew of four, Quirk plunged his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, into the blizzard. Perfect for fans of the I Survived series ready for a longer form account, this middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book chronicles the harrowing journey between Captain Quirk and the Coast Guard as they struggled in the holds of a radical storm. It's an epic tale of heroism and bravery at sea. Christy Ottaviano Books New York Times bestselling author Michael J. Tougias adapts his histories of real life stories for young readers in his True Rescue Series, capturing the heroism and humanity of people on life-saving missions during maritime disasters. Illustrated Chapter Books for ages 6-9: True Rescue: The Finest Hours True Rescue: A Storm Too Soon Young Readers Adaptations, for ages 9-14 The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition) A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition) Into the Blizzard (Young Readers Edition) Attacked at Sea (Young Readers Edition)

Author : Jeff Wadley,Dwight McCarter
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1572331542

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Mayday! Mayday! by Jeff Wadley,Dwight McCarter Pdf

About 50 aircraft have crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains. This book details all known incidents and rescue efforts from 1920 to 2000, including those that occurred within the area before the establishment of the park in 1934. Stories are based on official documents, newspaper archives, and interviews with survivors, family members, and eyewitnesses. B & w photos are included. Wadley is a lieutenant colonel in the Tennessee Civil Air Patrol who serves as a mission coordinator and trainer in the Smoky Mountains. McCarter served as a backcountry ranger in Great Smoky National Park for 20 years. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Ace Landers
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338257861

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Coast Guard to the Rescue (LEGO City) by Ace Landers Pdf

When an unexpected storm hits, the LEGO® City coast guard must save the day in this hilarious storybook. The weatherman predicts a beautiful, sunny day in LEGO® City, so everyone heads to the beach. The weather is perfect for surfing or scuba diving -- even the coast guard crew is enjoying some fun in the sun. But when dark storm clouds roll in over the ocean, it's up to the coast guard to spring into action and save the day!

Author : Chris L. Demarest
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Search and rescue operations
ISBN : 0328157074

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Mayday! Mayday! by Chris L. Demarest Pdf

Rhyming text and illustrations show how the United States Coast Guard uses aircraft and a rescue swimmer to respond to a call for help.

Author : Jerry Grayson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472917966

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Rescue Pilot by Jerry Grayson Pdf

Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. For the Navy's Search and Rescue pilots, getting to work is both an adventure and an ordeal. Whether rescuing a wounded fighter pilot who has ditched in the sea, saving desperate survivors from a sinking ship, or picking up a grievously ill crewman from the deck of a nuclear-armed submarine that is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the Soviet navy, Jerry Grayson has lived a life of unparalleled excitement and adventure. His finest hour came during the infamous Fastnet Yacht Race of 1979 in which 25 yachts were lost. When a catastrophic storm enveloped the competitors he and his crew pushed their Wessex helicopter to its absolute limits and put their own lives at risk, flying into hurricane-force winds to winch shipwrecked sailors from heaving tempestuous seas. An investiture at Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty the Queen was the result. Being a Rescue Pilot is a fast-paced career because there is no choice. Lives are at stake and pilots must move and think fast. Jerry Grayson's inside view of this heroic service is as inspirational as it is celebratory. Excitingly told, frequently funny but also very poignant, Jerry's story is not an account of just one man's deeds, it is a salute to all the men and women he worked with who were able to turn tragedies into triumphs. Includes a Foreword by HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm.

Author : Kate Riggs
Publisher : Seedlings
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Search and rescue boats
ISBN : 1608185834

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Rescue Boats by Kate Riggs Pdf

A kindergarten-level introduction to rescue boats, covering their divers, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their lights.

Author : Mike Tougias
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Boating accidents
ISBN : 1338182641

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A Storm Too Soon by Mike Tougias Pdf

Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world's most dangerous places: the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men: a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, JP de Lutz, a dual citizen of the United States and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with nine broken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death. Trying to reach these survivors before it's too late are four brave Coast Guardsmen battling hurricane-force winds in their Jayhawk helicopter. With waves reaching an astounding eighty feet, lowering the helicopter into such chaos will be extremely dangerous. The pilots wonder if they have a realistic chance of saving the sailors or even retrieving their own rescue swimmer. Soon the rescuers find themselves in almost as much trouble as the survivors, facing one life-and-death moment after the next against the towering seas. Also caught in the storm are three other boats, each one in a Mayday situation. Of the ten people on these boats, only six will ever see land again. This middle-grade adaptation of the author's 2014 work of the same title tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved this ruthless storm in the hopes of saving them.

Author : Kalee Thompson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061991172

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Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson Pdf

Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, Alaska Ranger, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008, Deadliest Sea is real life action and adventure at its finest. The full story of an amazing rescue—where extraordinary courage, ingenuity, will, and technology combined in one of the most remarkable maritime feats ever recorded—has never been told before now. It’s The Perfect Storm meets Deadliest Catch.

Author : Samuel Agnew Schreiner
Publisher : Dutton
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B4966960

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Mayday! Mayday! by Samuel Agnew Schreiner Pdf

Chronicles the most dramatic activities in Coast Guard history.