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Fireboat

Fireboat

by Maira Kalman

2002September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Boats and boatingFire extinctionFireboatsJohn J. Harvey (Fireboat)
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First lines

Amazing things were happening big and small.

About this book

A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001.

Themes & subjects

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Boats and boatingFire extinctionFireboatsJohn J. Harvey (Fireboat)Juvenile literature
First published 2002

Setting

New YorkNew York (State)

About the author

Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman

1949

Israeli American artist and creator of children's books

Author

Maira Kalman

First published

2002

Pages

48

Read time

≈ 1h

Editions

9

Language

English

Publisher

Live Oak Media

ISBN

9781591129882

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