So Others Might Live
, by Golway, TerryNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780465027415 | 0465027415
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/16/2003
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 Livealso 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.