Back from the deep : how Gene and Sandy Ralston serve the living by finding the dead
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Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press, [2024].
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307 pages : map ; 23 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Port Orford Public Library - Adult/General New - Nonfiction | 363.233 HORNER, DOUG | Checked Out | May 23, 2024 |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies
Drowning victims -- Canada
Drowning victims -- United States
Loss (Psychology)
Missing persons -- Investigation -- Canada
Missing persons -- Investigation -- United States.
Ralston, Gene
Ralston, Sandy
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- Canada
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States
Drowning victims -- Canada
Drowning victims -- United States
Loss (Psychology)
Missing persons -- Investigation -- Canada
Missing persons -- Investigation -- United States.
Ralston, Gene
Ralston, Sandy
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- Canada
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States
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Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press, [2024].
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Book
Language
English
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The dramatic story of an unlikely search and recovery duo who help law enforcement and grieving families with their uncanny knack for locating bodies underwater. A powerful debut for fans of deeply reported stories that follow real people with obsessional passions, and of authors like Tracy Kidder, Sebastian Junger, and Patrick Radden Keefe. When the police and FBI exhaust their abilities and options, and when grieving families run out of resources, their last best hope has been an Idaho couple who have spent their retirement years pursuing lost causes -- and have located 130 victims from lakes and rivers across the United States and Canada. Gene and Sandy Ralston, a married Idaho couple in their mid 70s, are self-taught underwater search-and-recovery specialists who volunteer their time and equipment. And yet the Ralstons are counted among the best in the world. The Ralstons have an uncanny knack for finding bodies in deep water and can regularly find a missing person within hours, sometimes even minutes, of launching their boat. Law enforcement and emergency response agencies seek out their peculiar expertise, but when the Ralstons' home phone rings it's usually a family member of a missing person. Someone reaching out after the local police and volunteer groups have called off the official search. Someone who heard from a friend of a friend about a couple from Idaho who will travel thousands of miles at the drop of a hat -- charging only their travel costs -- to help complete strangers.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Horner, D. (2024). Back from the deep: how Gene and Sandy Ralston serve the living by finding the dead . Steerforth Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horner, Doug. 2024. Back From the Deep: How Gene and Sandy Ralston Serve the Living By Finding the Dead. Steerforth Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horner, Doug. Back From the Deep: How Gene and Sandy Ralston Serve the Living By Finding the Dead Steerforth Press, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Horner, Doug. Back From the Deep: How Gene and Sandy Ralston Serve the Living By Finding the Dead Steerforth Press, 2024.
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