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Books : Historic Fires of New York City (Images of America)In association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 974.702 EAN: 9780738538570 ISBN: 0738538574 Label: Arcadia Publishing Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: October 26, 2005 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Release Date: June 07, 2006 Studio: Arcadia Publishing Sales Rank: 606281 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Fire has shaped New York City’s skyline and has transformed its political and cultural landscape. Historic Fires of New York City traverses the five boroughs, exploring the historic fires that have occurred since the very beginning of the metropolis. Starting with bucket-wielding Dutch burghers and accelerating with the appointment of 35 “strong, able, discreet, honest and sober men,” the effort to bring order out of chaos has been a constant concern of the city for more than three centuries. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - EXCELLENT -- all around: book, service, shipping!As a retired member of the F.D.N.Y., I was VERY MUCH interested in seeing the photos (...and, their captions...) offered by the book, HISTORIC FIRES OF NEW YORK CITY -- and, I was certainly not disappointed! It was chock-full of pictures from fires I personally remembered as well as many "from before my time." (As is the case with most of the books I have seen in the "Images of America" series, I would heartily recommend this volume. It will be a great addition to the collection of anyone interested ... Read More Rating:  - Informative but......a little slim. I'm not a big fan of the Images of America series, although I've admittedly only read about a half dozen of them. However, Professors Corbett and Cannon's "Historic Fires of New York City" stands out as one of the better ones. The team of Corbett and Cannon proves to be a good team - both have extensive college teaching experience: Corbett in engineering and fire codes, Cannon in history, as well as many years of fire ground experience in the fire fighting profession. Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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