New York's Bravest

New York's Bravest
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Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 9780307793362
ISBN-13 : 0307793362
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Book Synopsis New York's Bravest by : Mary Pope Osborne

Download or read book New York's Bravest written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s, there was a real vounteer firefighter named Mose Humphreys whose bravery was reknown throughout New York City. Plays about him began being performed on Broadway in 1848 and over the years his strength and heroics took on larger-than-life proportions, much like those of Paul Bunyan. Mary Pope Osborne has honed down the legends about him to a brief, dramatic, sometimes comical, but ultimately moving text of picture book length. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher’s stunning paintings capture this 8-foot-tall superhero rushing into burning buildings, saving babies and bankers, and wolfing down the feasts bestowed upon him by the grateful citizens of old New York–until the one big hotel fire after which he was never seen again. The author has included a historical note about the origins of this tall tale, and the book is dedicated to the 343 New York City firefighters who gave their lives to save others on September 11, 2001. Mary Pope Osborne included a longer, different version of this legend in her distinguished collection American Tall Tales.


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