THE DONNOVANS By Harry Ahearn.
$24.95
A story of an FDNY family, the saga of a famed firehouse, and a
reflection on the FDNY from the very beginnings of the New York City
Fire Department from when it was first organized and on through the
early 1990's. Harry Ahearn’s Ghetto Firefighter and The Fire Factory were two of the most popular fire books every published. They are classics in the field. Now The Donnovans, his new novel, continues Harry’s saga of FDNY’s fabled Fire Factory.
It begins with Patrick Donnovan, a young man who escaped the brutal
poverty of famine plagued Ireland for the promise of America. This is a book
you will enjoy again and again.
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Dave Houseal’s grandfather worked his way up through the ranks to become Fire Chief of the Harrisburg Fire Department. His father was an officer of the neighboring Progress Fire Company for many years and Fire Chief of the department for over a decade. Harrisburg is not a huge city. It is not New York or Boston, Philly or Baltimore. But it is a good-sized city, and being the capital of Pennsylvania means its population nearly triples each and every day. And Harrisburg is an old city — abandoned factories, decaying warehouses, hundreds of crumbling and vacant row-houses, high-rise fires, church fires, arson and riots. And let’s not forget reduced manpower and antiquated equipment thanks to the slash and burn budget policies of successive political hacks.
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Don Whitney worked as a firefighter in one of New England’s oldest, most densely populated cities — Portland, Maine — during the most challenging period in the history of the American fire service — the 60s, 70s and early 80s. Fire Duty is a collection of tales about fires in crumbling triple deckers, fires in hospitals, fires in flea bag hotels, in funeral parlors and massive cold storage warehouses with ammonia coursing through the pipes, fires on wharfs and piers and boats. Don has stories about enthusiastic rookies and equally enthusiastic vets; about too talkative arsonists, and about fire investigators who’vebeen away from a hose line for so long they can’t remember how a fire starts; about dramatic rescues in the storm ravaged ocean, and about the quiet rescue of one little girl’s Christmas.
Don Whitney still has a bagful of great stories about firefighters, and he’s put some more of them in Fire Duty.
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Bill Noonan has been a member of the Boston Fire Department since 1971. He was appointed Department Photographer in 1975 and Chief Photographer in 1983. All those years of experience mean that when it comes to capturing the intense spectacle and danger of the fireground, Bill Noonan is simply one of the absolute best photographers in America. Almost two hundred of Billy’s most spectacular shots from the early 1990s to early 2005 are included in this remarkable collection. Flames & Faces truly captures the courage, dedication, exuberance, pain, commitment, humor and camaraderie of Boston jakes. And although its focus is on the members of the Boston Fire Department and fire fighters from neighboring cities and towns, Flames & Faces is finally a wonderful tribute to members of the fire service everywhere and will be a great addition to your collection.
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The Blackened Shield is Back! The Blackened Shield is one of the most popular books dmc ever published…and we’ve always thought it was one of the best…so we’ve brought it back. If you like well told tales about the fire service, if you’re a fan of Leo Stapleton’s Jakes, Harry Ahearn’s Ghetto Firefighter, or Phil Burns’ Laughter, Tears & Muffled Drums, then The Blackened Shield is definitely a book for you.
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Ring of Fire
by George Hall $27.95
In George Hall’s Ring of Fire, the San Francisco fire department is besieged by the worst wave of arson to hit an American city since a group of whack jobs tried to burn down Boston back in 1982-83. And guess what? The mayor’s decided it’s the perfect time to save some money by closing some fire companies and laying off some jakes! Who’d ever think something like that could happen?
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Igniter (a Henry Hyde Mystery) by Charles D. Taylor $19.95
Meet Henry Hyde - the best arson investigator the Boston Fire Department has. He loves Boston and someone is trying to burn down his town. Henry is nervous about solving the case, but mostly, he's angry. . .especially when Boston firefighters start dying. You will not want to pass by a book that Robert Parker calls "a first rate work of fiction by a powerful new voice. Charles Taylor know how it's done." We agree, and we're sure you will too.
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Facing the Flames by Connie O'Brien $19.95
In Facing the Flames, Connie O'Brien continues the chronicle of the Cambridge, MA Fire Department that he began in his widely acclaimed first book, Where It Was Hot. In a city where the Harvard elite rub shoulders with the downtrodden, where glass towers and ramshackle triple deckers sit side by side, there are fire stories of every caliber. And Connie O'Brien knows how to tell them.
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The Loo by Don Whitney $19.95
When dmc firebooks published Don Whitney's The Blackened Shield, it quickly became one of the best-selling books we've offered the firefighting community. With The Loo, Whitney reaches new heights. The first half of this book is an account of his experience in the 60's, 70's and 80's -- among the most harrowing of firefighting decades. The second half is a short novel - Leather Lungs & Wheat Lights, which focuses on the 1950's. A must for every collection.
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Wooden Sticks & Iron Men by Bill Noonan $19.95
Bill Noonan's collection of classic black and white photographs from the 1940's through the 1960's highlights the exceptional professionalism of Boston's firefighters and well as the extreme conditions under which Boston's jakes used to work. A terrific gift for those interested in classic fire photography.
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First Due: Baltimore by Michael Kernan $19.95
Battalion Chief Michael Kernan has been a member of the Baltimore City Fire Department for over 28 years. His new book, First Due: Baltimore, is Mike's response to the question "What's the job like?" It contains some of the most detailed, compelling and engaging writing about firefighting that we've had the pleasure in all the years dmc has been publishing books about the fire service. Enjoy.
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