{"product_id":"9781401300050","title":"Firehouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you have tears, prepare to shed them.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Frank McCourt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In the firehouse, the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair one another's houses, and, most important, share terrifying risks; their loyalties to each other must, by the demands of the dangers they face, be instinctive and absolute.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo writes David Halberstam, one of America's most distinguished reporters and historians, in this stunning\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling book about Engine 40, Ladder 35, located on the West Side of Manhattan near Lincoln Center. On the morning of September 11, 2001, two rigs carrying thirteen men set out from this firehouse: twelve of them would never return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirehouse\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the epicenter of the tragedy. Through the kind of intimate portraits that are Halberstam's trademark, we watch the day unfold—the men called to duty while their families wait anxiously for news of them. In addition, we come to understand the culture of the firehouse itself: why gifted men do this; why, in so many instances, they are eager to follow in their fathers' footsteps and serve in so dangerous a profession; and why, more than anything else, it is not just a job, but a calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is journalism-as-history at its best, the story of what happens when one small institution gets caught in an apocalyptic day. \u003ci\u003eFirehouse\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will move readers as few others have in our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078928863472,"sku":"9781401300050","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781401300050","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}