The inspiring story of New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal Judge
His death certificate bears the number one. As chaplain to the Fire Department of New York, Father Mychal Judge was officially the first to go. A loving priest with a gift for the gab-gregarious yet humble, a healer with the ability to wipe away a widow's tears and put a smile on a fireman's face.
And on September 11th Father Mike rushed to the fires at the World Trade Center as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New York's bravest.
Father...
The inspiring story of New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal Judge
His death certificate bears the number one. As chaplain to the F...
A gripping popular history. Vivid simultaneously fascinating and horrifying" "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" In 1903, an elephant named Topsy was electrocuted on Coney Island, and ever since, this bizarre execution has reverberated through popular culture with the whiff of urban legend. But it really happened, and many historical forces conspired to bring Topsy, Thomas Edison, and those 6,600 volts of alternating current together. In "Topsy," Michael Daly weaves them together into a fascinating popular history. The first elephant arrived in America in 1796, but it wasn t until after the...
A gripping popular history. Vivid simultaneously fascinating and horrifying" "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" In 1903, an elephant named Topsy was electr...
