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So Others Might Live

Terry Golway author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Basic Books

Published:16th Oct '03

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In the first history of the New York Fire Department- FDNY- in over sixty years, journalist Terry Golway weaves together stories of heroic firefighters and extraordinary fires to create a moving and original account of New York as seen through the eyes and actions of the city's firefighters. From the eighteenth century's most ambitious public-works project- the building of aqueducts from upstate to help control fires- to firefighter-turned-politician Boss Tweed's backroom politics, fire and firefighters have played an integral part in the life of New York. So Others Might Live also offers a new view of the building of modern urban America and the social turbulence of New York from the 1700s to the present day.

ISBN: 9780465027415

Dimensions: 191mm x 234mm x 19mm

Weight: 670g

384 pages