{"title":"Neal Stoffers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"eerie-silence-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034271","title":"An Eerie Silence","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50994000789777,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50994002559249,"sku":"NIN9781970034271","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034270.jpg?v=1751157321"},{"product_id":"best-job-in-the-world-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034349","title":"The Best Job in the World","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50994004721937,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50994006491409,"sku":"NIN9781970034349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034343.jpg?v=1751029343"},{"product_id":"firehouse-fraternity-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034158","title":"The Firehouse Fraternity","description":"In this final book of the Firehouse Fraternity series, the changes experienced by Newark firefighters are discussed. Learn about the forces behind these changes and how men worked to bring them about--or to resist them. What conflicts were experienced within the firehouse as the NFD moved through the later half of the 20th Century? What was the union's role and how did that role evolve over the decades? What was the effect of the 1972 strike? How has each generation viewed the new kids coming on the job? It is said that the only thing that does not change is the fact that everything changes. Yet the more things change, the more they remain the same. Has technology and society really changed the NFD, or are the changes only on the surface, with the job remaining very similar to what it was like back in 1942? Read Changing the NFD and decide for yourself.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51183899148561,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51183901409553,"sku":"NIN9781970034158","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034157.jpg?v=1751188678"},{"product_id":"firehouse-fraternity-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034134","title":"The Firehouse Fraternity","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51183925625105,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51183927918865,"sku":"NIN9781970034134","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034130.jpg?v=1751316399"},{"product_id":"firehouse-fraternity-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034141","title":"The Firehouse Fraternity","description":"In Riots to Renaissance the story of the NFD from that fateful July in 1967 to the experiences of 2003 are recounted. The men who fought the fires of the Riots describe in detail how they dealt with the societal chaos that was Newark in July of 1967. If you have read A View from the Firehouse: The Newark Riots, you are familiar with the history of those troubled nights. The stories told in this book will introduce you to how it felt and what members of the Newark Fire Department did to get through that time. The next chapters follow Newark and her fire department as they spiral downward. During the 20 years that followed the Riots, it appeared America's cities would simply burn to the ground, but by the late 1980s hope had crept back into the picture. Newark was transformed,some say becoming America's renaissance city. Follow Newark firefighters through the worst period in the history of the city and into an era of hope.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW","offer_id":51220824523025,"sku":"NIN9781970034141","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034149.jpg?v=1750771963"},{"product_id":"firehouse-fraternity-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034066","title":"The Firehouse Fraternity","description":"Why would anyone want to be a firefighter? If this question intrigues you, read on.This book will bring back personal memories to firefighters who read it. For those of you who are trying to understand why anyone would want to be a fireman, \"Becoming a Firefighter\" will introduce you to the special breed who quietly protect us everyday.Members of the NFD appointed from 1942 to 1978 recount their impressions of the city where most of them grew up. The why and how of getting on the job are remembered; as are training experiences, the make up of the department they joined, the hours they worked, and the salary they earned.Read the words of men from every rank of Newark's bravest as they tell of their efforts to get on \"the best damn job in the world.\"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51221711323409,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51221711585553,"sku":"NIN9781970034066","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034068.jpg?v=1750728313"},{"product_id":"firehouse-fraternity-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034127","title":"The Firehouse Fraternity","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51234187280657,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51234189312273,"sku":"NIN9781970034127","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034122.jpg?v=1751063127"},{"product_id":"first-days-first-nights-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034318","title":"First Days\/First Nights","description":"From veteran firefighter to Chief of Department, all members of the Newark Fire Department began their careers as Probationary Firefighters. Most fresh out of the Fire Academy, some fresh off the street reporting to their first assignment without training or turnout gear. None with any Newark experience in their newly chosen profession. What did it feel like walking into that first firehouse, responding to that first fire? In First Days\/First Nights, Newark firefighters recount their earliest experiences on the job. The comic mixes with the tragic in these tales of how fire service careers began from the 1940s to the 2010s.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51258488389905,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51258489897233,"sku":"NIN9781970034318","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1970034319.jpg?v=1750901101"},{"product_id":"view-from-the-firehouse-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034035","title":"A View from the Firehouse","description":"Members of the Newark Fire Department were in a unique position to view the tragedy of the Newark riots as they unfolded around them. Their firehouses were part of the neighborhoods wracked by the rioting. Primarily based on interviews with Newark firefighters who lived through the disturbances, this book recounts the experiences of the men who responded to the pulled fireboxes, fought the fires, and endured the wrath of rioters. The view is at ground level, eye to eye with the disaster that engulfed Newark those four hot July nights in 1967. Included is an appendix containing the verbatim journal entries of twelve of the companies that responded to the fires and other emergencies handled by the NFD during the disturbances that July.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52849912873233,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52849913397521,"sku":"NIN9781970034035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781970034035.jpg?v=1764881196"},{"product_id":"remembrances-of-newark-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034257","title":"Remembrances of Newark","description":"This book is an outgrowth of an oral history project of the Newark Fire Department begun in 1991. The men and women interviewed were appointed to the Fire Department between 1940 and 2016. They come from every section of the city and are from varying ethnic and racial backgrounds. Some of the childhood memories harken back to the 1920's. Every rank of the fire department is represented among those interviewed. Two of the interviewees served as Fire Director. Three served as Fire Chief. That being said, this is a story told by the common man. There are no politicians, no great movers of events, no celebrities, and certainly no wealthy elite included. The memories recounted are at street level recalling everyday life in New Jersey's most populous city from the 1920s to the 2020s.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53152519422225,"sku":"NIN9781970034257","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781970034257.jpg?v=1771878306"},{"product_id":"hervey-s-boys-book-neal-stoffers-9781970034264","title":"Hervey's Boys","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53187654615313,"sku":"NIN9781970034264","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781970034264.jpg?v=1772393805"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-neal-stoffers.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}