Fireboat the heroic adventures of the John J. Harvey
A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
[c2002].
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| Summary: | A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 27 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0399239537 |
| Author Notes: | In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one." |
