Biography & Autobiography Adventurers & Explorers
Heartbreak and Heroism
Canadian Search and Rescue Stories
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1997
- Category
- Adventurers & Explorers, General, Reference
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550022872
- Publish Date
- Oct 1997
- List Price
- $29.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459714502
- Publish Date
- Oct 1997
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
This book is about some of the most dramatic search-and-rescue operations in Canada. Whether the action is on the heaving deck of a sinking ship off the Newfoundland coast, within the incredibly confining walls of a power plant in Ontario, or high on a cliff face on a British Columbia mountain, each of these stories is exciting, memorable, and true. They are accounts of courage, loyalty, perseverance, and sacrifice that knows no bounds.
We read of the heartbreaking last days of an Anglican missionary fighting for his life in a lonely Arctic outpost. Another chapter relays a dramatic rooftop rescue in New Brunswick. We meet people who are saved from floods, fires, plane crashes, earth movements, and violent storms. No less are the stories of the sometimes unexpected and tragic losses of the rescuers.
Because Canada is so vast, Search and Rescue capability has to span the nation, and extend from sea to sea to sea. No other country has done what we have done. Heartbreak and Heroism is popular history at its most exciting.
About the author
John Melady is a veteran writer and space enthusiast. He has written many books, including Canadians in Space, Star of Courage, Heartbreak and Heroism, and Pearson's Prize. Melady lives in Seaforth, Ontario.
Editorial Reviews
"I hate to use clichs, but this little book was difficult to put down ... this book deserves the widest readership possible."
Garrison Times
"Heartbreak and Heroism is a well written book full of interesting stories."
Trenton Paper
"Melady's stories are rich in detail and successfully capture the forces' heroic efforts."
CBRA
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