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 enlarge | Author: David Cowan
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 133105
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 156663217X
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.977311
EAN: 9781566632171
ASIN: 156663217X
Publication Date: August 25, 1998
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It Changed My Life January 9, 2008
This book was given to me to read when I took my first fire fighter class. My instructor loaned me her copy and I ended up buying my own copy. The tragic events detailed in this book led me into teaching fire prevention and making sure that a tragedy such as this never happens again.
I have recommended this book to several people both in and outside of the fire service. Everyone that I know who have read it have been touched by this story. I have also given this book as a gift to several students taking their first steps into the fire service so that they never forget the impact a tragic fire can have.
One the Best November 13, 2007
I love to read and I feel that this is one of the best books I have ever read. I am also a firefighter and decided to read this book because it had to do with a historic fire, little did I know that I would love this book for much more than historic and educational reasons. This book was very well written and showed all aspects of this event from the firefighters to the victims themselves. I would recomden this book to anyone who wants a good read, as well as to anyone who is interested in fire history.
My friend escaped because he had been on the waiting list to attend this school. June 24, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Overnight he lost all of his playmates and the sight of him made the mothers of his dead friends cry. Later he became a surrogate child of these lost mothers who would hold him for long periods of time as if he were a doll. My school like almost all schools of that time was torn down because it had wooden stairs. We still put disturbed children next to normal students who become their victims.
This event and Three Mile Island caused massive waste. To prevent another child from trying to get a shorter day by setting a fire, we lost those old treasured buildings. We have now wrecked the environment to avoid nuclear fuel. A few people can kill some of the gentleness and trust in a civilization.
A story that needed to be told June 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
How could this happen? What happened as a result of this tragedy? These were the questions I had when I started reading this book.
The author goes into much depth on the geographical layout of the school, the classroom locations, the class sizes, the culture of the school and teachers, the neighborhood, and other items that give you insight on this tragedy. Many factors contributed to the fire and you need to know them all.
This is a very moving book and it's hard to read for long periods of time because you have to take a break and reflect.
 Gripping and tragic May 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read the book during my training as a volunteer firefighter, which helped put things in context for me-- even without that, however, I defy anyone with a heart to read this book without crying.
The authors' diligent work in researching this tragic event is evident throughout the book. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the admirable historical research and thoroughness of the authors, this is not a subject that lends itself to clinical detachment. The stories of innocent lives ending in pain and families-- indeed, a community-- destroyed, is moving, but not for the faint-hearted.
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