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"Graceful and moving."--James Traub, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Always clear-eyed and affecting."-- Newsweek
"Vividly sketched."-- Time Out New York
"A very human face on the tragedy."-- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"An understated little gem of a book."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Graceful and moving." "James Traub, "The New York Times Book Review"""
"Resembles John Hersey's 1946 classic "Hiroshima"." "USA Today""
"Always clear-eyed and affecting." "Newsweek""
"Vividly sketched." "Time Out New York""
"A very human face on the tragedy." "Minneapolis Star Tribune""
"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 New York Times bestselling 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 thirteen men set out from this firehouse: twelve of them 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; why, in so many instances, they are eager to follow in their fathers' footsteps and serve in so dangerous a profession; and why, more than anything else, it is not just a job, but a calling.
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.
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