Mayday! Mayday!: A Coast Guard Rescue
- ISBN-10
- 0328157074
- ISBN-13
- 9780328157075
- Series
- Mayday! Mayday!
- Category
- Search and rescue operations
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Author
- Chris L. Demarest
Description
Rhyming text and illustrations show how the United States Coast Guard uses aircraft and a rescue swimmer to respond to a call for help.
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- 2011-11-24
- 256 pages
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- 2011
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Harpercollins Pub Limited
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