Working Fire: The Making of a Fireman (平装)

分類: 图书,进口原版书,Biographies & Memoirs(传记与自传),Memoirs(自传),
品牌: Zac Unger
基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2005年2月22日)平装:272页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143034952条形码:9780143034957产品尺寸及重量:21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm ; 250 gASIN:0143034952
商品描述内容简介Zac Unger didnt feel like much of a fireman at first. Most of his fellow recruits seemed to have planned for the job all their lives; he was an Ivy League grad responding to an ad at a bus stop. He couldnt keep his boots shined, and he looked terrible in his uniform.Working Fireis the story of how, from this unlikely beginning, Zac Unger came to feel at home among this close- knit tribe, came to master his works demands, and came to know what it is to see the world through a firefighters eyes. From the raw material of his days workalarm calls both harrowing and hilarious, moments of triumph and griefUnger has forged a timeless story of finding ones path, and a rousing adventure about the bravery and sacrifice of everyday heroes.媒体推荐An inside view of firefighting that vividly re-creates the excitement and fear intrinsic to it. --The Washington Post
Filled with revelatory nuggets... that refreshingly humanize these courageous warriors. --Entertainment Weekly