Nine Months at Ground Zero: The Story of the Brotherhood of Workers who Took on a Job Like No Other
- ISBN-10
- 0743270401
- ISBN-13
- 9780743270403
- Category
- Construction workers
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Glenn Stout, Robert Gray, Charles Vitchers
Description
Offers a compelling and uplifting narrative about the construction workers who toiled tirelessly on the site of Ground Zero following the attack on the World Trade Center to clear away the massive piles of debris and helped recover lost victims, all the while dealing with the emotional fallout of their experiences. 75,000 first printing.
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- 2006-04-25
- 272 pages
- Ebook
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