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  • NEW YORK'S BRAVEST. by Osborne, Mary Pope; Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, illustrators.
    Osborne, Mary Pope; Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, illustrators.
    NEW YORK'S BRAVEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "honors the 343 firefighters who died on September 11 by retelling a 19th-century legend about another heroic NYC blaze battler. Eight-feet-tall Mose Humphreys cuts a classic tall-tale figure, lifting trolley cars over his head and rescuing babies inside a stovepipe hat. [This] follows the firefighting exploits of the mythic Mose and 'his boys' in dramatic, near-theatrical spreads, right up to a fateful hotel fire near the Hudson: 'All night, Mose ran in and out of the building, rescuing bankers, bakers, shoemakers, dressmakers, preachers, and politicians.' But when the smoke clears, Mose is nowhere to be found.. . An old-timer later surmises, 'Truth is, Mose is…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "honors the 343 firefighters who died on September 11 by retelling a 19th-century legend about another heroic NYC blaze battler. Eight-feet-tall Mose Humphreys cuts a classic tall-tale figure, lifting trolley cars over his head and rescuing babies inside a stovepipe hat. [This] follows the firefighting exploits of the mythic Mose and 'his boys' in dramatic, near-theatrical spreads, right up to a fateful hotel fire near the Hudson: 'All night, Mose ran in and out of the building, rescuing bankers, bakers, shoemakers, dressmakers, preachers, and politicians.' But when the smoke clears, Mose is nowhere to be found.. . An old-timer later surmises, 'Truth is, Mose is right here. .. And whenever we climb our ladders toward a blazing sky, he climbs with us'." Large format, illustrated throughout with full color double page spreads by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-375821961.

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    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (bookplate)

    Book ID: 89931
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