Braving the Flames [Stationery]

Peter A. Micheels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

They are the men who fight the fires -- face to face, day to day, life or death. And this is their story. A powerful collection of in-depth interviews with the firefighters of New York City -- a city where eleven fires are reported every hour.

Dramatic, intense, and often terrifying, here is an honest, unflinching look at real-life heroism, told by the men who live it.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Both of these books capture the appeal of firefighting, one in a wildland setting and the other in New York City. Pyne, environmental historian and successful author ( The Ice , LJ 11/15/86), recalls his 15 summers working on a fire crew at the Grand Canyon. He tells many good stories about people and firefighting, and has a troubled memory of the beginning of federal policies which deemphasize fire suppression. Micheels's book, inspired no doubt by Dennis Smith's Firefighters: Their Lives in Their Own Words (Doubleday, 1988), is a collection of reminiscences of 15 veterans of the New York Fire Department. He has captured words from the heart, not only about fires and rescues the firefighters have seen, but about their love for the job and for their fellow firefighters.
- Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. Lib., CUNY
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Stationery: 237 pages
• Publisher: E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158586594X
• ISBN-13: 978-1585865949
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,380,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, September 11, 2009

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John76 (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braving the Flames: Their Toughest Cases In Their Own Words (Mass Market Paperback)

One of the best books about firefighting ever written. Many of the firefighters interviewed are nationally known now, some because of their teaching, but one because he lost two sons on 9/11. Not only is each interview interesting from an entertainment perspective, they detail and explain many firefighting tactics and FDNY operations better than any operational manual or textbook.
The book is a great companion to Dennis Smith's Report from Engine Co 82, as the interviews discuss those years at length.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really Hot.., November 29, 2000

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"archie41-1" (Montreal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braving The Flames (Paperback)

A Great novel, written "as it is", as you hear it in the station house... as it is on the run... as it is, when you go it and it's time to rock and roll...