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The story of firefighting in New York City is one of danger, tradition, pride, excitement, and tragedy. It is also the story of man's triumph over destructive forces. From the gaslight days of horse-drawn steam engines to the World Trade Center tragedy of 2001, the heroic men and women who make up the city's most dynamic public service have risked and often lost their lives in order to protect and serve the people of New York City.
New York City Firefighting: 1901-2001 chronicles the proudest fire department in America. The proximity of buildings in the city streets and the construction materials made each fire especially dangerous, but determined firefighters never hesitated to battle the flames and rescue the victims. Later, facing unprecedented heights and unparalleled danger, firefighters in New York City were called upon to battle infernos in the first skyscrapers, often using the most rudimentary equipment and barely protected from the flames. In its most trying moments, the Fire Department of New York responded to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001, dutifully rushing into the towers to save as many lives as possible and ultimately losing hundreds of their own.
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Christopher Callahan
reviewed New York City Firefighting 1901-2001 (Images of America Series) on February 17, 2011
New York City Firefighting 1901-2001 (Images of America Series)
This may appear to be just a "coffee table" book, but it's much more than that. This is a comprehensive history of our national parks, from the first molecule of an idea right up to the present.
I learned about many of the key figures here and there in my university degree program. This book pulled it all together for me chronologically, so I could appreciate each person's sacrifices and contributions within the context of the emerging national park system.
I've been a user and a lover of our national parks since early childhood. I've visited nearly all of the parks and monuments in the Western U.S. and worked a few summers in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. So I'm going to get sappy and mushy here (fair warning!) and say that my heart really did swell with gratitude as I read about the tireless determination of these men and women. Amid great opposition, they worked to set aside our national treasures.
You've heard the names: John Muir, Stephen Mather, Horace Albright, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Laurence Rockefeller, Olaus, Adolph, and Mardy Murie, and too many others too mention. Mather and the Rockefellers spent millions of their own dollars buying up property to donate, anticipating national park status for those lands. What a legacy!
The history also includes some of the more colorful characters who studied, visited, or tried to scam a profit from the national parks. These stories are sometimes entertaining, sometimes sad, and sometimes just plain hard to fathom with our 21st-Century mentality.
Of course, the book is full of stunning scenic photos and artwork, as well as a wealth of historical photos. I'm very passionate about what's left of our wild lands, so I'll be revisiting this book in the future.
**The book springs from a PBS special, for which there is a set of six DVDs. If you're too lazy to read the book, view the program and absorb some important history.
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