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Alaska Heroes: A Call to Courage
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by:
Ferrell, Nancy Warren
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Publisher:
Alaska Northwest Books
Published: October 2002
ISBN: 088240542X
Format:Paperback
Pages:144
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Book Description
Book Description
What makes a hero? Does anyone know, until they are called upon to help, if they have what it takes?
In ALASKA'S HEROES: A CALL TO COURAGE, discover some of the Last Frontier's real heroes.
These gripping stories of the Alaska
State Award for Bravery-Heroism recipients celebrate true heroes: those who have unselfishly undertaken risks to their own lives and safety to help others in danger. A man risks hypothermia in an ice-cold lake to save passengers from a crashed plane. A
compassionate flight attendant calms a hijacker, helping to bring a terrifying ordeal to a safe conclusion. While on his paper route, a thirteen-year-old boy ventures into a blazing home to rescue two young children.
Accompanied by historic photos of
the medal recipients, this is the only book to tell the death-defying tales of these heroes. Their true-life struggles will both thrill and inspire you.
Researching these daring acts of courage and talking to real heroes became a passion for NANCY
Warren FERRELL as she developed this book. A former librarian, Nancy writes both fiction and nonfiction for youth and adults. This is her twelfth book.
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