RESCUES AND RESCUERS NONFICTION READING RECOMMENDATIONS

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Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, Lawrence Anthony

The Last Season, Eric Blehm

The Greatest Search and Rescue Stories Ever Told, Joseph Cummins

The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse, Tom Downey

Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks, Charles Farabee

Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes, David Helvarg

Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson

The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History, Peter Maas

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, Irene Opdyke

Ghost Soldiers:  The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission, Hampton Sides

Saving Cinnamon: The Amazing True Story of a Missing Military Puppy and the Desperate Mission to Bring Her Home, Christine Sullivan

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue, Michael J. Tougias

Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature, Christopher Van Tilburg

On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, A Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue that Became Legend, Spike Walker

A Bolt from the Blue, Jennifer Woodlief

Lost in Shangri-La: A Epic True Story of a World War II Plane Crash into the Stone Age, Mitchell Zuckoff

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