The Perfect Fire

By Mary Dodson Wade

Book Overview

The unforgettable and heartbreaking true story of the firemen who bravely fought "the perfect fire" is now in paperback.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766036146
• ISBN13: 9780766036147
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.9" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Heart Wrenching

You meet Worcesters finest, go to work with them. Then the worst happens and you pray with them, cry with them, and mourn with them. This book is wonderful, I could not put it down. I cired for the families and for the Firefighters left behind.

This Book is HOT!

There is little in this world that can be as terrifying yet as satisfying as crawling into a blazing building and cheating death and fire by escaping and beating the fire down. In 25 years with fire departments, I have never read a story that depictes the courage and fear involved in firefighting with the scope, depth and compasion as this book does. It actually stood the hairs on my arms up several times and caused me to...

another perspective

As a girlfriend of a Marlborough, MA firefighter, this book hit very close to home. I cried many tears as I turned each page. Because of my first hand experience with the bond of brotherhood, I initially speculated the value of the author's words. I was pleasantly surprised. Sean Flynn created such strong insight into Chief Macnamee's thoughts. I constantly feared what he would be faced with next, and I felt as though...

I Watched This Fire From My Back Deck... A POWERFUL BOOK!!

Like many of Worcester, MA, I watched this fire and was overwhelmed by its power. The loss of life was without equal. This recounting is a great tribute to the Fire Department and all the men present at this fire. Many of us listened to the events unfold on scanners; others watched as the flames colored the night sky. Sean Flynn tells all the details and the humanity of these life shattering event. No matter where you live,...

BAD BUILDING-TERRIBLE FIRE-BRAVE MEN

There is only one complaint to be made of this book: The picture on the dustjacket. Instead of a photograph of someone dressed in fireman's gear, there should have been a photograph of the building described in the narrative, an enormous building with no windows, no easy paths, and, once it caught fire, no mercy. It became a monster which took the lives of six firemen. Sean Flynn does a great job in telling this story...