title: Answering the Bell: Life at a Firehouse on the Turbulent North Side of Minneapolis
author: Brett Knapp
description: "A fascinating look into the dangerous world inhabited by Minneapolis firefighters." -- <i>Bestselling Minnesota author Ross Bernstein (from the back cover)</i><br /><br />"It's a great life out there in the fire stations, and readers of this book will see why." -- <i>Minneapolis Fire Chief Rocco Forte (from the back cover)</i>
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  Also by Paul Lisicky
  
  
  Lawnboy
  
  
  Famous Builder
  
  
  The Burning House
  
  
  Unbuilt Projects
  
  
  The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship
  
  
  
  
  
  # LATER
  
  
  ## MY LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
  
  
  PAUL LISICKY
  
  
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