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Book

Fireboat : the heroic adventures of the John J. Harvey

Call Number

  • J 973.931 KALM (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2002.

Physical Description

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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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