{"product_id":"americas-fire-engine-walter-m-p-mccall-9781476689203","title":"America's Fire Engine: The American-LaFrance 700 Series, 1947-1959","description":"\u003cp\u003e As World War II drew to a close, America's premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp. of Elmira, N.Y.--bet the company's future on its radical new cab-ahead-of-engine 700 Series fire engines. In a spectacular gamble to capture the superheated postwar market, all of the company's existing products were discontinued and its customers were essentially told to \"take it or leave it.\" This bold gamble paid off and 700 Series rigs soon filled firehouses across the nation, sweeping aside all competitors and ultimately defining the breakthrough 700 as \"America's Fire Engine.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is the first comprehensive history of the game-changing 700. Individual chapters detail not only each of the eight major vehicle types but also the origins, design controversies, manufacturing, and marketing of the 700 and short-lived transitional 800 Series. The book includes a meticulously researched registry of every 700\/800 series apparatus delivered, supported by many interpretive tables detailing production, specifications and major fire department fleets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter M. P. McCall, Alan M. Craig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476689202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476689203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.79h x 8.27w x 0.87d","brand":"Walter M. P. McCall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133208097023,"sku":"9781476689203","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cf005bb-78b5-4358-a956-9479cc3a3489.jpg?v=1687484725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-fire-engine-walter-m-p-mccall-9781476689203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}