Working Fire : The Making of an Accidental Fireman Hardcover - 2004
by Unger, Zac
- New
- Hardcover
- first
A remarkable memoir, by turns funny and deeply moving, of one man's coming into his calling and his transformation from ambivalent Ivy League grad to skilled and dedicated firefighter.
Zac Unger didn't feel like much of a firefighter 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 a help-wanted ad at an Oakland bus stop. He couldn't keep his boots shined, and he looked horrible in his uniform. Working Fire is the story of how, from this unlikely beginning, Zac Unger came to feel at home among this close-knit tribe, came to master his work's demands, and came to know what it is to see the city of Oakland through a firefighter's eyes.
From the materials of his day's work-the harrowing calls and the hilarious, the moments of triumph and of grief-Zac Unger has forged a timeless story of finding one's path. He never takes himself too seriously, but he comes to take his job very seriously. Because he tells his story with such extraordinary empathy and wit, his fierce passion for his work, his comrades, and the city he protects becomes our own.
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- Title Working Fire : The Making of an Accidental Fireman
- Author Unger, Zac
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 262
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Press, New York, NY
- Date 2004
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1560784472
- ISBN 9781594200014 / 1594200017
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.34 x 1.11 in (23.67 x 16.10 x 2.82 cm)
- Reading level 1070
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003050676
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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