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Working fire : the making of a fireman
Unger, Zac.

Publisher:	Penguin Books,
Pub date:	2005, c2004.
Pages:	262 p. ;
ISBN:	0143034952
Item info:	13 copies available at CENTREVILLE REGIONAL, CHANTILLY REGIONAL, CITY OF FAIRFAX REGIONAL, GEORGE MASON REGIONAL, KINGS PARK, POHICK REGIONAL, RESTON REGIONAL, SHERWOOD REGIONAL, and TYSONS-PIMMIT REGIONAL. 16 copies total in all locations.

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Summary

This remarkable memoir, by turns funny and deeply moving, explores one man's coming into his calling and his transformation from ambivalent Ivy League grad to skilled and dedicated firefighter. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Author Biography

Zac Unger is a firefighter and paramedic in Oakland, California. He has written about his life and work for the online magazine Slate. A graduate of Deep Springs College, Brown University, and UC Berkeley, he lives in Berkeley with his wife and their daughter Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

1. Confirming Stills	1
2. The Tower	9
3. Throwing the Fifty	31
4. Danger Boy	47
5. Senior Man Cuts the Bread	59
6. New Kid	79
7. Blood Pressure	98
8. Wake-up Call	114
9. Vice Squad	134
10. Getting My Brown Belt	145
11. Marrying a Fireman	165
12. Things I Wish I Didn't Know	176
13. Fireworks	191
14. Working Fire	209
15. Three Bells	238
16. See You at the Big One	246
Acknowledgments	261

Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

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key:	07070251
ISBN:	0143034952 (pbk.)
ISBN:	9780143034957 (pbk.)
ISBN:	1594200017 (alk. paper)
ISBN:	9781594200014 (alk. paper)
Local Dewey call num:	YB UNGER 2005
Local call number:	109 SUPER RUSH
Personal Author:	Unger, Zac.
Title:	Working fire : the making of a fireman / Zac Unger.
Publication info:	New York : Penguin Books, 2005, c2004.
Physical descrip:	262 p. ; 22 cm.
Price:	Unger, Zac
Contents:	Confirming stills -- Tower -- Throwing the fifty -- Danger boy -- Senior man cuts the bread -- New kid -- Blood pressure -- Wake-up call -- Vice squad -- Getting my brown belt -- Marrying a fireman -- Things i wish i didn't know -- Fireworks -- Working fire -- Three bells -- See you at the big one -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:	This remarkable memoir, by turns funny and deeply moving, explores one man's coming into his calling and his transformation from ambivalent Ivy League grad to skilled and dedicated firefighter.
Personal subject:	Unger, Zac.
Subject term:	Fire fighters--United States--Biography.
892:	kkh

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