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Title: The Brave: A Story of New York City's Firefighters by George Pickett, Hugh Downs, John T. Colby Jr. ISBN: 1-883283-37-X Publisher: Brick Tower Pr Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Brave
Comment: The Brave takes you right into the Heart of Firefighting in 70's New York. As a fellow Firefighter who loves to put pen to paper I am always keen to read the experiences of other Firefighters in this vastly underrepresented market.
Every book shelf these days seems to be full of Celebrities, Politicians, Soldiers or sports personalities telling us their stories. It make a refreshing change when a Firefighter, Medic or Policemen puts pen to paper, these people are fighting a never ending war every day on the Streets of our Countries.
The Brave tells the story of Life in a Firehouse on the Lower East Side of New York City in the 1970's, a period now remembered by the Veterans of those days as 'The War Years'. Recession, social unrest, poverty and crime were the catalyst for may Fires in many run down cities in the World. Very Few Cites saw the Fires that New York saw in that period and fewer Still Firemen saw the Fire Duty that the Men of the FDNY saw at this time.
George Pickett has an ability to drag the reader down the stinking burning hallways of the tenements. You can feel the heat searing your skin and the smoke choking your lungs. Time and again you follow page after page wondering will the heroes of the FDNY reach the victim before the room erupts all around them, more often than not they do...frequently with seconds to spare.
I finished this book in 24 hours, such was the draw of the story unfolding before me. I found every possible excuse to pick the book up and start reading again. If action is what you want then give the jungles of South America or the Desert of the Middle East a rest..opt instead for the action in the Blazing sweatshops, tenements and flop houses of New York City in the 70's.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Brave: A Story of New York City's Firefighters
Comment: Few books have captivated my attention as much as George Pickett's "The Brave: A Story of New York City Firefighters". Both as a native New Yorker growing up in the 60's and 70's in the Bronx, and a volunteer firefighter in Westchester County, NY, I can rerlate to the many references in this action packed book.
Pickett brings the reader into every fire call, every dark smokey hallway and heat searing room. The reader is there, holding the irons, the nozzle or climbing the ladder.
Above all the book is truthful. Clearly, the author;s integrity and honest is eveident during each story-both the flattering and humiliating. George Pickett should be proud of his career, family and work on the compelling effort to document the life of a New York City Firefighter. Bravo!!!
-Michael J. Deegan
Rating: 5
Summary: The Brave is a must read!
Comment: WOW!! The Brave is full of action from start to finish and would make a great movie! The Brave keeps your attention and makes it hard to set the book down. It gives a great picture to how challenging life is as a NYFD firefighter. The storey is compelling and truthful and I'm sure will be around for a long time. Congratulations to George Pickett on this GREAT book!
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Title: The Greatest Firefighter Stories Never Told by Mike Santangelo ISBN: 0740728202 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 02 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department by John Salka, Barret Neville ISBN: 1591840252 Publisher: Portfolio Pub. Date: 25 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest--The FDNY from 1700 to the Present by Terry Golway ISBN: 0465027407 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Chief:: The Life Of Peter J. Ganci,A New York City Firefighter by Chris Ganci ISBN: 0439443865 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: New York's Bravest: Eight Decades of Photographs from the Daily News by Shawn O'Sullivan, Patrice O'Shaughnessy ISBN: 1576871584 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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