Thoughts on Fire: Life Lessons of a Volunteer Firefighter - Softcover

McCluskey, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595297234 ISBN 13: 9780595297238

Publisher: iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Thoughts on Fire is a meditation on how to live a life that matters. Drawing on his dual life as a philosophy professor and firefighter, "Dr. Frank" begins a journey not just into the fire, but inside himself. The lessons of this voyage are not just about axes and hoses but hope, forgiveness and love."As a professor and a firefighter, Dr. McCluskey shifts gears easily between the metaphysical and the macho, pontificating in a pin striped suit by day and plunging into a smoky, flaming house by night." -The New York Times"It is a book that you will want to read again and again. It is a remarkable story that you will want to share with those you love." -Dr. Robert Schachat, author of The Seven Conditions of Trust"Thoughts on Fire is a book that is at once entertaining and enlightening" -Dr. John Briggs, author of The Seven Life Lessons of Chaos

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Review

"THOUGHTS ON FIRE proves that firefighting is really a form of philosophical meditation." -- Dr. John Briggs author of THE LOOKING GLASS UNIVERSE, THE TURBULANT MIRROR and SEVEN LIFE LESSONS OF CHAOS

A wonderful journey and homecoming that cuts through the arcane and the obscure and joins together meditation and action. -- Dr. Michael Brannagan, Director, Center for Ethics, LaRoche College

It is a book you will pass on to your friends. It is a book that can change the way you see the world. -- Dr. Bob Schachat, Author of Recapturing the Trust

From the Publisher

In the tradition of Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Dr, Frank McCluskey has written a book that is part adventure story, part chronicle of the fire service and part philosophy of life. This is a book about trust, fear and living each moment as much as it a chronicle of a year in the life of small town fire department. It is a book you will pass on to others when you are done.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595297234
• ISBN 13: 9780595297238
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210