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True stories of heroes / Paul Dowswell.

Heroes. (portion title)
Usborne. (other title)
Dowswell, Paul, (author.).

Summary:

"From firefighters battling with a blazing nuclear reactor to a helicopter rescue team on board a fast-sinking ship, this is an amazingly vivid collection of stories about men and women whose extraordinary courage has captured the imagination of millions." -- Page [4] cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781601304155
  • ISBN: 1601304153
  • ISBN: 9780794537562
  • Physical Description: 141 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Tulsa, OK : EDC Publishing, [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Catastrophe at Chernobyl -- 12 seconds from death -- Odette's ordeal -- Helicopter heroes -- Punching a hole in the sky -- Animal heroes -- Stauffenberg's secret Germany -- Alexie Stakhanov, Soviet superstar -- Blackbeard meets his match -- Owens 4, master race 0 -- Rubble and strife in battlefield Beirut -- Cosmonaut number one -- Death or glory for the "last gladiator."
Subject:
Courage > Juvenile literature.
Heroes > Juvenile literature.
Rescues > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Sneads Ferry Branch Library J363.3481 DOW (Text) 36015001132584 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library J 920.02 Dowswell (Text) 30519020118058 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Wilkes County Public Library J 920.02 DOW (Text) 50501011687254 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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