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One Book a Day - Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

Sep 11 2020 by readling 76 views

This is a day to be remembered.

New York City.
1931.
Amazing things were happening
big and small.
Maira Kalman, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

The John J. Harvery fireboat was built on one sunny day and was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboat of its time. The Harvey was retired by 1995 when the city didn't need old fireboats anymore and a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap and fixed it up to show it off and use if for having fun.

Then, on another sunny day in 2001, something so horrible happened that the whole world shook. Roaring flames called for the Harney when all fire hydrants were broken.

Maira Kalman brings kids a New York City icon to life in this inspiring true story and proves that old heroes never die.

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