Firehouse is a book that will move readers as few others
have in our time. Through the kind of intimate portraits
that are Halberstam's trademark, we watch a typical day in a
firehouse unfold-the men called to duty, while their
families wait anxiously for news of them. In addition, we
come to understand the culture of the firehouse itself; why
gifted men do this and why in so many instances they are
eager to follow in their father's footsteps and serve in so
dangerous a profession-why, more than anything else, it is
not just a job, but a calling as well. This is
journalism-as-history at its best, the story of what happens
when one small institution gets caught in an apocalyptic day.
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