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Firehouse
Firehouse
Author: David Halberstam
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 »
ISBN-13: 9780786888511
ISBN-10: 0786888512
Publication Date: 5/21/2003
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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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.
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Excellent insight into the roots of 'loss' within a firehouse that responded to the 9-11 attack.
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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.


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