Elysian Editions: 2 books
Manhattan Medics
The Gripping Story of the Men and Women of Emergency Medical Services Who Make the Streets of the City Their Career
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
This firsthand account of September 11, written by a paramedic on the scene, chronicles the days before and after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Frank Rella describes the paramedic crew stationed at St. Vincent's Hospital in lower Manhattan, the eerie foreshadowing of the coming disaster,...
Paris Discovered
Explorations in the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Uncovering the Paris that charmed Thomas Jefferson in the 18th century and George Gershwin in the 20th, this guide—written by an historian and based on personal exploration, old maps, and documents—offers 50 walking destinations, many unfamiliar even to Parisians. Several excursions evoke the...