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Firehouse Author: Firehouse is a book that will move readers as few others have in our time. Through the kind of intimate portraits that are Halberstam's trademark, we watch a typical day in a firehouse unfold -- the men called to duty, while their families wait anxiously for news of them. In addition, we come to understand the culture of the firehouse its... more »
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I just finished this book and what will stuck with me (forever) are the bonds between the firemen and their families.
Excellent insight into the roots of 'loss' within a firehouse that responded to the 9-11 attack.
Touching story of a firehouse and ladder company that lost an entire company but for 1 man. Told with biographies of each man and talking to members of the family, the author takes us back to the horror of 9/11.
Genres:
- History >> Americas >> United States >> 21st Century
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- Nonfiction >> Politics >> General
- Nonfiction >> Politics >> History & Theory
- Nonfiction >> Current Events >> Terrorism
- Nonfiction >> Current Events >> September 11