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Download or read book War Stories written by Lew LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Captain from a suburban Fire Department shares stories from his 30-year career in this collection of anecdotes. It's not all guts and glory and running into burning buildings. There's also downtime, station life, and side jobs. He has seen people at their best and at their worst and everything in between. Just when you think you've seen it all, what looks like a routine call turns out to be anything but routine. Put it all together and you have an interesting study of human nature. Many of his stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will just make you stop and think. See life through his eyes, that of a career firefighter. These stories, over 100 in all, are not just for firefighters. A glossary is provided so everyone can enjoy the stories, including those who may not be familiar with Fire Department jargon.
Book Synopsis War Stories: Some Memories from the Firehouse Years by : Lew LeBlanc
Download or read book War Stories: Some Memories from the Firehouse Years written by Lew LeBlanc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Captain from a suburban Fire Department shares over 100 stories from his 30-year career in this collection of anecdotes. It's not all guts and glory and running into burning buildings. There's also downtime, station life, and side jobs. He has seen people at their best and at their worst and everything in between. Just when you think you've seen it all, what looks like a routine call turns out to be anything but routine. Put it all together and you have an interesting study of human nature.Many of these stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will just make you stop and think. See life through his eyes, that of a career firefighter.This book is not just for firefighters. A glossary ensures that everyone can enjoy the stories, including those who may not be familiar with Fire Department jargon.
Book Synopsis Firefighter War Stories III by : Lew LeBlanc
Download or read book Firefighter War Stories III written by Lew LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a glimpse into the life of a career firefighter. With over thirty years on the job, this retired fire department captain has tons of stories he could tell-and tell them, he does! The Memories from the Firehouse Years trilogy has hundreds of short, easy-to-read stories. Some are funny, some are sad, and some just make you stop and think. There are tales of fires and rescues, side jobs and station life. This third book has all of that, plus some bonus stories from his early life. Although these events happened in a suburban town, they could have happened anywhere and to anybody. People are the same, no matter where you go. So sit back, relax, and enjoy being a fly on the wall as you get a peek into his life, from his early years growing up in a small suburb through his long career in the fire service.
Book Synopsis Firefighter War Stories II by : Lew LeBlanc
Download or read book Firefighter War Stories II written by Lew LeBlanc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Captain from a suburban Fire Department shares over 150 stories from his 30-year career in this collection of anecdotes. It's not all guts and glory and running into burning buildings. There's also downtime, station life, and side jobs. He has seen people at their best and at their worst and everything in between. Just when you think you've seen it all, what looks like a routine call turns out to be anything but routine. Put it all together and you have an interesting study of human nature. Many of these stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will just make you stop and think. See life through his eyes, that of a career firefighter.This book is not just for firefighters. A glossary ensures that everyone can enjoy the stories, including those who may not be familiar with Fire Department jargon. This is the second book in the "Memories from the Firehouse Years." series.
Book Synopsis The Memories Continue by : Leo Wright
Download or read book The Memories Continue written by Leo Wright and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains stories of the author's youth in a small Kentucky town in the 1940's and 1950's. He relates an array of experiences both funny and serious. In addition, he presents the agonizing details of torture in German and Japanese prison campe in WW ll for two soldiers from his home town, then a tribute to two local artists with extrodinary talents and finally perserves the lineage and heitage of a prominent family whose contributions to the community are unequaled.
Book Synopsis The Professional Volunteer Fire Department by : Tom Merrill
Download or read book The Professional Volunteer Fire Department written by Tom Merrill and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Professional Volunteer Fire Department by Tom Merrill highlights the importance of developing and upholding a professional reputation in the firefighting community, regardless of whether one is a paid or volunteer firefighter. Merrill emphasizes that professionalism is not tied to a paycheck but is instead defined by attitude, appearance, competency, commitment, and dedication. Endorsed by several Chiefs, this book is regarded as a must-read for all volunteer firefighters. It provides valuable insights into recruiting, retaining, and developing professional volunteer firefighters. Merrill's expertise challenges readers to elevate their performance and raise the standards within their departments, ultimately contributing to the overall professionalism of the volunteer fire service Through this captivating and informative book, Merrill aims to instill a sense of pride and service above self in volunteer firefighters. The book serves as a rallying call for those who are passionate about their service and ignites a fire within them to continue making a difference. Testimonials “If you can read this book and not feel a sense of pride, that overwhelming feeling of service above self, the feeling that what you do as a volunteer firefighter matters, then maybe it’s time for a change. But if you are the one who reads it and gets fired up about what we do, then you’re in for a very special ride!” —Chief Rick Lasky, Fire Chief (ret.), Lewisville Texas “Tom Merrill is a true gentleman and a professional. His classes and articles detailing professionalism in the volunteer fire service are captivating and informative. This book is no different and should be on the must-read list of all volunteer firefighters, regardless of rank, title, or experience.” —Brandon S. Fletcher, Fire Chief, Gilt Edge (TN) Fire Department “Tom Merrill has spent his life working to improve the ‘professional’ image of the volunteer firefighter. This book is a compilation of his experiences and what works and doesn’t work in the recruiting, retaining, and development of the professional volunteer firefighter. His writing challenges you to raise your standard of performance.” —Chief John M. Buckman III, State Fire Training Director at Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office
Book Synopsis Camp Fire Stories by : Edward Anderson
Download or read book Camp Fire Stories written by Edward Anderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Camp Fire Stories: A Series of Sketches of the Union Army in the Southwest Somehow a story seems to tell what war meant, in all its phases, better than does a mere description; and what a man has seen and felt is better understood if the incidents of the seeing and feeling are graphically told by the one who did them both. So I have yielded as the boys have urged that I write these stories out as they have been told at Our Grand Army camp-fires; because, they said, we old soldiers would be soon dead, and the young folks who had grown up to take our places should. Have left them our legacy of experience-the fun and the pathos, the drama and the tragedy - that they might know what their fathers went through in saving this country dur ing its first internecine strife. Therefore I have written these camp-fire stories for the Old comrades in arms to the reviving of their memories, and for their sons and daughters to the let ting them see what war was. Five of the hospital stories were published a few years ago in the Golden Rule, the organ of the Y'. P. S. C. E, though even these are retold in this book; two Or three have been published in local papers; and at, least two of the jokes I gave to Harper's Drawer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Firefighter History, Stories and Memories by : Wayne P. Isken
Download or read book Firefighter History, Stories and Memories written by Wayne P. Isken and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firehouse written by David Halberstam and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Book Synopsis The Firehouse Fraternity: An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume I Becoming a Firefighter by : Neal Stoffers
Download or read book The Firehouse Fraternity: An Oral History of the Newark Fire Department Volume I Becoming a Firefighter written by Neal Stoffers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would anyone want to be a firefighter? If this question intrigues you, read on. This book will bring back personal memories to firefighters who read it. For those of you who are trying to understand why anyone would want to be a fireman, ""Becoming a Firefighter"" will introduce you to the special breed who quietly protect us everyday. Members of the NFD appointed from 1942 to 1978 recount their impressions of the city where most of them grew up. The why and how of getting on the job are remembered; as are training experiences, the make up of the department they joined, the hours they worked, and the salary they earned. Read the words of men from every rank of Newark's bravest as they tell of their efforts to get on "the best damn job in the world."
Book Synopsis The People We Meet in Stories by : Robert McParland
Download or read book The People We Meet in Stories written by Robert McParland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novels bring us into fictional worlds where we encounter the lives, struggles, and dreams of characters who speak to the underlying pulse of society and social change. In this book, post–World War II America comes alive again as literary critic Robert McParland tilts the rearview mirror to see the characters that captured the imaginations of millions of readers in the most popular and influential novels of the 1950s. This literary era introduced us to Holden Caulfield, Augie March, Lolita, and other antiheroes. Together with popular culture heroes such as Perry Mason and James Bond, they entertained thousands of readers while revealing the underlying currents of ambition, desire, and concern that were central to the American Dream. Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni’sRoom explored racial issues and matters of identity that reverberate still today. The works of Jack Kerouac, the Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso, and the clever and creative William S. Burroughs and his Naked Lunch challenged conventional perspectives. The People We Meet in Stories will appeal to readers discovering these works for the first time and to those whose tattered paperbacks reveal a long relationship with these key works in American literary history.
Book Synopsis A Chicago Firehouse by : Karen Kruse
Download or read book A Chicago Firehouse written by Karen Kruse and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its humble beginnings in 1884 as a one-story frame building with one bay to house Hose Company 4 and its team of horses, Engine Company 78 has been the firefighting sentinel at the end of Waveland Avenue, sitting in the shadow of Wrigley Field. Using vintage photographs and moving stories from firefighters themselves, Karen Kruse captures the spirit and heroism of this historic Chicago landmark. Captain Robert F. Kruse served the Chicago Fire Department for 30 years, half of those at Wrigleyville's Engine 78. Growing up within the tight-knit firefighting community, Ms. Kruse records the dramatic and touching stories from her father's and his peers' experiences, and combines them in this volume exploring the unique history of Lakeview's firehouse, including a foreword by Mike Ditka and preface by Fire Commissioner James Joyce. With details about little known historic districts and a brief guide to Chicago's cemeteries and their relations to firefighters, A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville's Engine 78 relays in first-hand accounts some of Chicago's most fiery tragedies, the brave men who battled them, and the diversity of the neighborhood that housed them.
Book Synopsis Ray Bradbury and the Cold War by : Joseph Kampff
Download or read book Ray Bradbury and the Cold War written by Joseph Kampff and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Ray Bradbury, and his experiences in youth, his passion for writing captivating and unknowingly prophetic stories, and the Cold War era that shaped him.
Download or read book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-09-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime.
Book Synopsis Both Sides of the Fire Line by : Bobbie Scopa
Download or read book Both Sides of the Fire Line written by Bobbie Scopa and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobbie Scopa spent close to five decades working through nearly every challenge a firefighter can face. Scopa was a strike team leader for the Dude Fire in 1990, where six firefighters were tragically killed, and she served at Ground Zero immediately after 9/11. She's worked mountain rescues, city fires, mega-wildfires, and everything in between. While battling conditions and harsh flames on the outside, she also found herself waging a tougher battle on the inside. Scopa was torn between how to maintain the faÇade everyone expected of her and whether to live as her true self. "A hero firefighter can't possibly be transgender, right?" she thought. Both Sides of the Fire Line is Bobbie Scopa's uplifting memoir of bravely facing the heat of fierce challenges, professionally and personally.
Book Synopsis Reminiscing About Ocean Beach and Fire Island by : Cheryl Dunbar Kahlke
Download or read book Reminiscing About Ocean Beach and Fire Island written by Cheryl Dunbar Kahlke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editor, Cheryl Dunbar Kahlke, has woven five written accounts about Fire Island into a very readable book, generously complemented with photographs and postcards of the 1920s to the 1940s era. The five narratives are universal in emotion and yet simultaneously immensely personal in detail. That private quality triggers the reader's sensation of a personal knowledge of the feelings and experiences of each. In addition, each tale is enhanced by that presenter's honest abandon as they penned their memories in their own vernacular and individual colloquial style.Overall, the subject matter, Fire Island, universalizes the outpourings. Factual and historic details in timelines, maps, charts, newspaper articles, and other memorabilia add to the book. These keep the stories grounded in historic reality, which is useful for those who desire a deeper background of the times.
Book Synopsis Notes from the Fireground by : Thomas Dunne
Download or read book Notes from the Fireground written by Thomas Dunne and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 33-year career with the New York City Fire Department, Tom Dunne fought hundreds of fires, survived near death incidents, crawled down burning hallways, met unforgettable characters, and witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attack. From working in glittering mid-Manhattan high-rises to squalid ghetto tenements, he saw how people in crisis lived and survived and how the firefighters who served them worked and bonded. Exploring both the positive and controversial aspects of being a firefighter, this no-holds barred memoir provides an honest account of an unusual occupation that outsiders seldom get to see.
