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A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville's Engine 78

English · Paperback / Softback

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From its humble beginnings in 1884 as a one-story frame building with one bay to house Hose Company 4 and its team of horses, Engine Company 78 has been the firefighting sentinel at the end of Waveland Avenue, sitting in the shadow of Wrigley Field. Using vintage photographs and moving stories from firefighters themselves, Karen Kruse captures the spirit and heroism of this historic Chicago landmark. Captain Robert F. Kruse served the Chicago Fire Department for 30 years, half of those at Wrigleyville's Engine 78. Growing up within the tight-knit firefighting community, Ms. Kruse records the dramatic and touching stories from her father's and his peers' experiences, and combines them in this volume exploring the unique history of Lakeview's firehouse, including a foreword by Mike Ditka and preface by Fire Commissioner James Joyce. With details about little known historic districts and a brief guide to Chicago's cemeteries and their relations to firefighters, A Chicago Firehouse: Stories of Wrigleyville's Engine 78 relays in first-hand accounts some of Chicago's most fiery tragedies, the brave men who battled them, and the diversity of the neighborhood that housed them.

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Author Karen Kruse, a descendant of three generations of Chicago firefighters, is a member of Mensa and the author of several articles on Chicago cemeteries.

Product details

Authors Karen Kruse
Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2001
 
EAN 9780738518572
ISBN 978-0-7385-1857-2
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 166 mm x 236 mm x 10 mm
Weight 313 g
Series Illinois
Illinois
Voices of America
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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