The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, Paperback - Tom McCarthy

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Reducere. About the AuthorTom McCarthy is an award-winning editor and writer who lives in Guilford, Connecticut.

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Reducere. Rescues from the Sky features the true stories of the US Coast Guard Aviation Medical Rescue Service as seen through the eyes of a wet-behind-the-e...

Reducere. Rescues from the Sky features the true stories of the US Coast Guard Aviation Medical Rescue Service as seen through the eyes of a wet-behind-the-e...

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A prize-winning modern classic by the Man Booker shortlisted author Tom McCarthy. It contains a foreword by American scholar McKenzie Wark.

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