Author: Hans Halberstadt
With sirens screaming, this blazing book delivers a stunning tribute to firefighting history over the past 200 years. From human bucket brigades and horse-drawn steam pumpers, Fire Engines arrives on-scene to fans the flames of technology from the earliest rigs to todays powerful trucks, engines and rescue vehicles. Rugged workhorses from American LaFrance, Emergency One, Mack, Ahrens-Fox and Seagrave, together with first-hand interviews and vintage advertisements, present a red-hot look at the battle to control civilizations oldest enemy.
Softcover, 10 x 10, 192 pp, 168 color and 45 b/w
Format: Softbound
Pages: 192
Length: 10w x 10h
ISBN-13: 9780760313664
ISBN: 0760313660
Catalog ID: 135119AP