num_pages: 182
description: Recounting his 17 years as a fireman in his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, the author of Joe explores what it means to be a friend, a husband, a father, a firefighter, a man. As he interweaves scenes as diverse as raising children, battling deadly blazes and making order out of destructive chaos, Brown ponders the realities and choices that have made him the person he is.
language: English
title: On Fire
titlecomplete: On Fire
genres: Literature, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Essays, Southern, Biography Memoir, Short Stories, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 859
publisher: Grand Central Publishing