Author: Robert Bofshever
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595364845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
All at once the bright new red and yellow flames ghastly illuminated the interior of the room. He saw the bed was ablaze; he bent down and aimed his flashlight underneath the bed. Horrified he saw a women's foot, her red nail polish reflected back in the flashlight's beam. This story takes place on New Years Eve 1948 during a blizzard in Brooklyn, New York at Hook and Ladder 112. It is the love of adventure, the intrigue of a fireman's life, the spirit of patriotism and heroism. These things make a timely tale special, but it is the passion of the story told through years of experience. I was only two years old when my father was accepted into the Fire Academy and became one of New York's City's Firemen. I still can remember how I felt waiting for him to come home from the firehouse, especially when he was late. On those days I would go to my bedroom window and watch for his green Chrysler. I checked every car looking for the shadow of the tell-tale pipe in the drivers mouth, anticipating the smoke smelling hug that awaited me as he walked through the door. It is this and many other beloved memories of my father 'The Fireman' that are the heart and sole of this book. back and enabled me to visualize a bygone era. - Sal Moglen Hon. Battalion Chief Fire Department City of New York.
Seven Bells After Midnight
Author: Robert Bofshever
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595364845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
All at once the bright new red and yellow flames ghastly illuminated the interior of the room. He saw the bed was ablaze; he bent down and aimed his flashlight underneath the bed. Horrified he saw a women's foot, her red nail polish reflected back in the flashlight's beam. This story takes place on New Years Eve 1948 during a blizzard in Brooklyn, New York at Hook and Ladder 112. It is the love of adventure, the intrigue of a fireman's life, the spirit of patriotism and heroism. These things make a timely tale special, but it is the passion of the story told through years of experience. I was only two years old when my father was accepted into the Fire Academy and became one of New York's City's Firemen. I still can remember how I felt waiting for him to come home from the firehouse, especially when he was late. On those days I would go to my bedroom window and watch for his green Chrysler. I checked every car looking for the shadow of the tell-tale pipe in the drivers mouth, anticipating the smoke smelling hug that awaited me as he walked through the door. It is this and many other beloved memories of my father 'The Fireman' that are the heart and sole of this book. back and enabled me to visualize a bygone era. - Sal Moglen Hon. Battalion Chief Fire Department City of New York.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595364845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
All at once the bright new red and yellow flames ghastly illuminated the interior of the room. He saw the bed was ablaze; he bent down and aimed his flashlight underneath the bed. Horrified he saw a women's foot, her red nail polish reflected back in the flashlight's beam. This story takes place on New Years Eve 1948 during a blizzard in Brooklyn, New York at Hook and Ladder 112. It is the love of adventure, the intrigue of a fireman's life, the spirit of patriotism and heroism. These things make a timely tale special, but it is the passion of the story told through years of experience. I was only two years old when my father was accepted into the Fire Academy and became one of New York's City's Firemen. I still can remember how I felt waiting for him to come home from the firehouse, especially when he was late. On those days I would go to my bedroom window and watch for his green Chrysler. I checked every car looking for the shadow of the tell-tale pipe in the drivers mouth, anticipating the smoke smelling hug that awaited me as he walked through the door. It is this and many other beloved memories of my father 'The Fireman' that are the heart and sole of this book. back and enabled me to visualize a bygone era. - Sal Moglen Hon. Battalion Chief Fire Department City of New York.
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...
Author: Joseph Whitaker
Publisher:
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Punch
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Mate and His Duties. [By J. J. Kelly.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Punch
Author: Mark Lemon
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Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
From the Forecastle to the Cabin
Author: Samuel Samuels
Publisher:
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Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The memoir of the man who according the Ralph Pain's introduction, "...ran away to sea at the tender age of eleven, was shanghaied by a Baltimore crimp, chased by West India pirates, sailed around the world in a haunted ship, was master on a Yankee quarterdeck at twenty-one, fought cannibals, and commanded the "Dreadnought" in seventy-eight voyages across the Atlantic and always brought her safely into port.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The memoir of the man who according the Ralph Pain's introduction, "...ran away to sea at the tender age of eleven, was shanghaied by a Baltimore crimp, chased by West India pirates, sailed around the world in a haunted ship, was master on a Yankee quarterdeck at twenty-one, fought cannibals, and commanded the "Dreadnought" in seventy-eight voyages across the Atlantic and always brought her safely into port.
When?
Author: Erin McHugh
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402725715
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
When...Did a bank put out first ATM? Were the three major attacks of the Bubonic Plague? Were the amendments of the Bill of Rights enacted? Travel through different eras for a glimpse of what each period has brought us and a fun and all-inclusive overview of landmark events that's irresistibly intriguing.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402725715
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
When...Did a bank put out first ATM? Were the three major attacks of the Bubonic Plague? Were the amendments of the Bill of Rights enacted? Travel through different eras for a glimpse of what each period has brought us and a fun and all-inclusive overview of landmark events that's irresistibly intriguing.
The Boy's Own Paper
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
The Boy's Own Annual
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Category : Children's periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Category : Children's periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Sailing to Freedom
Author: Martha Bennett Stiles
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466825782
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
When Ray Ingle asks his Uncle Thad if he can go to sea with him, he knows his parents won't like it. But they're not around, and anything is better than staying with mean old Uncle Slye! To Ray's great surprise, Uncle Thad agrees to take him on, and soon Ray and his pet capuchin monkey Allie are helping out in the galley of The Newburyport Beauty. Ray knows Cook used to be a slave, though now he's free. But when Ray discovers what Cook is hiding in the kitchen pantry, he gets more involved with the question of slavery than he ever could have imagined!
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1466825782
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
When Ray Ingle asks his Uncle Thad if he can go to sea with him, he knows his parents won't like it. But they're not around, and anything is better than staying with mean old Uncle Slye! To Ray's great surprise, Uncle Thad agrees to take him on, and soon Ray and his pet capuchin monkey Allie are helping out in the galley of The Newburyport Beauty. Ray knows Cook used to be a slave, though now he's free. But when Ray discovers what Cook is hiding in the kitchen pantry, he gets more involved with the question of slavery than he ever could have imagined!