From the early years of Western Expansion to the present day our history is marked by the heroic exploits of the rescuer and the rescued in some of the most daunting geographic meteorological and otherwise lifethreatening challenges. ampampampquotFirst respondersampampampquot have variously been members of law enforcement to ordinary good samaritans who couldnampampamp39t look the other way in the face of their brethren in peril. This book collects the most compelling searchandrescue accounts of the last two hundred years from William Lewis Manly bringing relief to ampampamp3949ers lost in Death Valley to modernday SAR teams working with the National Park and Forest Services to locate missing hikers or carry out the injured from a wilderness mishap.