The Shortest Straw is a must read
“In this exhilarating report from the heights of the eastern Sierra Nevada, Dean Rosnau exposes a pathway to life-saving decision, gripping rescue action and volatile emotional challenge, all emerging as part of the daily routine of high-mountain search and rescue: a routine like no other.”
- Roy McClenahan Expert Rock Climber & Mountain Guide
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Heart-Pounding Search and Rescue Missions
The Shortest Straw begins with playful and insightful Tom Sawyer-style early chapters, which could have been taken straight from the pages of Boy’s Life. The stage for adventure is set in Dean Rosnau’s rambunctious youth, and the reader is soon launched headlong into a bracing string of first-hand narratives, detailing the risk and challenge of high-mountain search and rescue operations, known as SAR.
Read about life and death situations like The Walker Flood
The Walker Flood of 1997 was one of the worst floods ever recorded in Northern California. Dean’s attempt to help rescue a stranded family, almost cost him his life.
readers LOVE the shortest straw!
“Dean's incredible life story portrays what real heroes are made of, although he would be the last person to call himself one.”
- Judy Hertzog
“I love this book. I got to meet Dean at a book signing and he so genuine, and I feel that came through in the book as well. The book is well written and made me laugh as much as I cried. Thank you!”
- Amazon Customer
Best book I have read in a long time. Fast read since you can't put it down. So well written you feel you are with Dean every minute. My husband & I were fortunate to meet Dean in Mammoth Lakes CA. He is as genuine in person as he is in the book. Much respect for SAR everywhere. Hoping for another book or MOVIE!!
- Judy Ann Cates
