They Fight Fires and Win
The story is set during the 1970,s and early eighties about the British Fire Service as seen through the eyes of an operational city fire fighter. It tells of the humour, the horrors and the heroics that the job involves, and of the wives and families who provide the support when the job becomes that much more stressful. It is not an autobiography but is written as a novel. Although the incidents described, are based on events that the author confronted or knew took place,they have been altered slightly to create a more interesting read.
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They Fight Fires and Win
The story is set during the 1970,s and early eighties about the British Fire Service as seen through the eyes of an operational city fire fighter. It tells of the humour, the horrors and the heroics that the job involves, and of the wives and families who provide the support when the job becomes that much more stressful. It is not an autobiography but is written as a novel. Although the incidents described, are based on events that the author confronted or knew took place,they have been altered slightly to create a more interesting read.
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They Fight Fires and Win

They Fight Fires and Win

by John Barry Lewis
They Fight Fires and Win

They Fight Fires and Win

by John Barry Lewis

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Overview

The story is set during the 1970,s and early eighties about the British Fire Service as seen through the eyes of an operational city fire fighter. It tells of the humour, the horrors and the heroics that the job involves, and of the wives and families who provide the support when the job becomes that much more stressful. It is not an autobiography but is written as a novel. Although the incidents described, are based on events that the author confronted or knew took place,they have been altered slightly to create a more interesting read.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467003209
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication date: 03/31/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

The author was an operational fire fighter during the period the book is set in and so writes from first hand experiences. Over the years he has served in the Royal Navy, and later after a premature ending to his Fire Service career, worked for many years in the Middle East and North African Oil Fields as a Industrial Fire Chief. He now currently lives in Australia and spends his time writing. At present John is working on his second book, which is a sequel to They fight fires and win, and is called Fire in the Desert. he is also completing a third novel totally different from his previous. It is a horror/supernatural story titled The Boyd Inheritence.
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