Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster That Changed America

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Product Details
Price
$28.00  $26.04
Publisher
Citadel Press
Publish Date
Pages
272
Dimensions
6.2 X 9.1 X 0.9 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780806542188

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About the Author
Dr. Yasmine Ali is an award-winning medical writer, researcher, professor, and Waverly native whose writing sits at the intersection of health and public policy. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and of the American College of Physicians (FACP). She is a member of the Authors Guild, the American Medical Writers Association. the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the National Lipid Association, and the Tennessee Medical Association. She holds MD and MSCI (Master of Science in Clinical Investigation) degrees from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she is now an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. She lives near Nashville and can be found online at YasmineAliMD.com.
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Advance Praise for Walk Through Fire

"In the author's narrative voice, which is simultaneously empathetic and authoritative, the facts are the backdrop to a story about grace.... Ali, a cardiologist and medical writer, has a gift for translating her scientific knowledge into clear prose, complemented by her deep knowledge of the place where she grew up and her affection for its people." --Nashville Scene

"A poignant account.... The incident served as a catalyst for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other regulations, but the book's greatest strength are the intimate accounts from first responders, including the author's father, a trauma surgeon, and mother, an internist, who were on staff at Waverly's Nautilus Memorial Hospital. ....Ali vividly captures how quickly the community came together in the face of disaster. This is a fitting tribute to everyday heroes." --Publishers Weekly

"Walk Through Fire captures a pivotal, life-altering moment in history that forever shaped our policy and our government, and crystallized the irreplaceable role of the community hospital. Dr. Yasmine Ali gives voice to the small-town heroes who overcame unimagined adversity when the lives of their neighbors and loved ones were on the line." --Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD

"Using first-person accounts, local documentation, and primary-source research, Walk Through Fire is a riveting in-depth examination of a deadly 1978 tank car explosion that devastated a city and triggered sweeping changes in the railroad industry and in emergency response." --Carl Swanson, editor Trains magazine