Firehouse

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Now in paperback, this New York Times best-seller by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author David Halberstam offers an intimate portrait of Engine 40 Ladder 35 on the Upper West Side of New York City, which lost twelve men in the World Trade Center attack. In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, Halberstam tells a story about the individuals themselves, as well as the effect this cataclysmic event has had on the victims' families, their surviving colleagues and their community. This is journalism-as-history at its best.

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"Firehouse leaves one feeling . . . personally touched . . . and grateful that there are ordinary people who possess such uncommon courage."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Poignant . . . Halberstam's achievement is remembering these men not just for how they died . . . for how they lived."--People Magazine
"Richly detailed . . . in structure and tone, it resembles John Hersey's 1946 classic Hiroshima."--USA Today

Author Bio

David Halberstam was one of America's most distinguished journalists and historians. After graduating from Harvard in 1955, he covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement, then was sent overseas by the New York Times to report on the war in Vietnam. The author of fifteen bestsellers, including The Best and the Brightest, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his Vietnam reporting at the age of thirty. He was killed in a car accident on April 23, 2007, while on his way to an interview for what was to be his next book. Denis Leary has appeared in more than thirty films, including the Oscar-nominated Wag the Dog, The Thomas Crowne Affair, and Ice Age, as well as the Christmas cult classic The Ref, and such indie favorites as Jesus' Son and Suicide Kings. Leary was the co-creator, producer, and star of the critically acclaimed network comedy The Job. His one-man shows No Cure for Cancer and Lock 'n Load broke viewing records on HBO. Leary has also written for New York magazine, GQ, Playboy, Esquire, and many other publications. He was the co-writer, creator, and star of the four-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominated television series Rescue Me.