Firehouse [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Halberstam, David

Published by Hyperion, New York, 2002

About this Item

As new condition dark gray boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes black-and-white photographic front and rear endpapers. "If you have tears, prepare to shed them." - Frank McCourt. "In the firehouse, the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair one another's houses, and, most important, share terrifying risks; their loyalties to each other must, by the demands of the dangers they face, be instinctive and absolute." So writes David Halberstam, one of America's most distinguished reporters and historians, in this stunning book about Engine 40, Ladder 35, located on the West Side of Manhattan near Lincoln Center. On the morning of September 11, 2001, two rigs carrying thrteen men set out from this firehouse; twelve of the men would never return. Firehouse takes us to the epicenter of the tragedy. Through the kind of intimate portraits that are Halberstam's trademark, we watch the day 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 itself; why gifted men do this and why in so many instances they are eager to follow in their fathers' footsteps and serve in so dangerous a profession - why, more than anything else, it is not just a job, but a calling as well. This is journalism-as-history at its best, the story of what happens when one small institution gets caught in an apocalyptic day. Firehouse is a book that will move readers as few others have in our time." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 003289

Bibliographic Details

Title: Firehouse [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Publisher: Hyperion, New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition