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"Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr would watch in awe as firefighters scrambled to put out blazes with seeming disregard for their own lives. One day he would become a fireman himself, and a good one. As a member of the Glendale Fire Department, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of southern California's best-known and most-respected arson investigators, as well as a writer of firefighting articles and finally of a fact-based novel. But there was another, unseen life, one that included many women, a need for risk, and a hunger for recognition.". "While Orr…
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Avon · 416 pages · 9780060095284
- Audiobook · English · 2002Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786195350
- Audiobook · English · 2002Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786122318
- Hardcover · English · 2002Thorndike Press · 662 pages · 9780786245956
- Audiobook · English · 2002Harper Audio · 9780060095468
- Hardcover · English · 2002William Morrow · 352 pages · 9780060095277
ArsonPyromaniaCase studiesFire fighters, biographyCalifornia, biographyLarge type booksNew York Times reviewed




