Saving Troy - A Year With Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City

Informationen zum Autor William B. Patrick is the author of the widely praised verse memoir We Didn't Come Here for This: A Memoir in Poetry , the award-winning novel Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family , and two volumes of poetry. His radio play, Resque , was commissioned and aired worldwide by the BBC, and his teleplay, Rachel's Dinner , was aired by ABC. To research Saving Troy , he spent eighteen months riding along with the professional firefighters and paramedics of the Troy Fire Department. He lives in Troy, New York. Klappentext A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.

Product details

• Authors: William B Patrick, William B. Patrick, William B./ Selzer Patrick, Patrick William B.
• Assisted by: Richard Selzer (Foreword)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9781438431543
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-3154-3
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Excelsior Editions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Accident and emergency medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)