The Resource Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance, Mike Scardino
Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance, Mike Scardino
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The item Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance, Mike Scardino represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Tewksbury Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A gritty, propulsive, and raw coming-of-age story about a teenager getting his first taste of lite and death in 1960s New York City. Bad Call is Mike Scardino's visceral, fast-moving, and mordantly funny account of the summers he spent working as an 'ambulance attendant' on the mean streets of late-1960s New York. Fueled by adrenaline and Sabrett's hot dogs, young Mike spends his days speeding from one chaotic emergency to another. His adventures take him into the middle of incipient race riots, to the scene of a plane crash at JFK Airport, and into private lives all over Queens, where New Yorkers are suffering, and dying, in unimaginable ways. Learning on the job, Mike encounters all manner of freakish accidents (the man who drank Drano, the woman attacked by rats, the man who inflated like a balloon), meets countless unforgettable New York characters, falls in love, is nearly murdered, and gets an early and indelible education in the impermanence of life and the cruelty of chance. Action-packed, poignant, and rich with details that bring Mike's world to technicolor life, Bad Call is a gritty portrait of a bygone era as well as a bracing reminder that, though 'life itself is a fatal condition,' it's worth pausing to notice the moments of beauty, hope, and everyday heroism along the way."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 291 pages
- Contents
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- How bad could it be
- First day on the job
- The rule of nines
- The Napoleon
- Mr. Bubble
- On a wine-dark sea
- Beer
- Breakfast of champions
- Boudicca goes soft
- Death of a cynic
- A date for the prom
- A whirlpool
- Jesus speaks
- The least we can do
- Silence is golden
- Those guys
- A house like mine
- I'm a daddy
- Suppertime
- All it takes
- What friends are for
- To all a good night
- The worts thing you've ever seen
- Spare change
- Candy
- Don't blink
- Somebody else's shoes
- Erosion
- Sure fooled me
- Omaha Beach
- The sight of blood
- Done
- Paperwork
- Two prisoners
- A visit from a friend
- Bon voyage, scumbag
- Go figure
- The bear
- The park is good
- Still life with a prostitute
- JFK
- On a day like today
- A cold day in hell
- Isbn
- 9780316469616
- Label
- Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance
- Title
- Bad call
- Title remainder
- a summer job on a New York ambulance
- Statement of responsibility
- Mike Scardino
- Subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951-
- Ambulance service -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
- Emergency medical services -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Scardino, Mike
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A gritty, propulsive, and raw coming-of-age story about a teenager getting his first taste of lite and death in 1960s New York City. Bad Call is Mike Scardino's visceral, fast-moving, and mordantly funny account of the summers he spent working as an 'ambulance attendant' on the mean streets of late-1960s New York. Fueled by adrenaline and Sabrett's hot dogs, young Mike spends his days speeding from one chaotic emergency to another. His adventures take him into the middle of incipient race riots, to the scene of a plane crash at JFK Airport, and into private lives all over Queens, where New Yorkers are suffering, and dying, in unimaginable ways. Learning on the job, Mike encounters all manner of freakish accidents (the man who drank Drano, the woman attacked by rats, the man who inflated like a balloon), meets countless unforgettable New York characters, falls in love, is nearly murdered, and gets an early and indelible education in the impermanence of life and the cruelty of chance. Action-packed, poignant, and rich with details that bring Mike's world to technicolor life, Bad Call is a gritty portrait of a bygone era as well as a bracing reminder that, though 'life itself is a fatal condition,' it's worth pausing to notice the moments of beauty, hope, and everyday heroism along the way."--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scardino, Mike
- Dewey number
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- 362.18/8092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RA645.6.N7
- LC item number
- S33 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Scardino, Mike
- Ambulance service
- Emergency medical services
- New York (N.Y.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
- Label
- Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance, Mike Scardino
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How bad could it be -- First day on the job -- The rule of nines -- The Napoleon -- Mr. Bubble -- On a wine-dark sea -- Beer -- Breakfast of champions -- Boudicca goes soft -- Death of a cynic -- A date for the prom -- A whirlpool -- Jesus speaks -- The least we can do -- Silence is golden -- Those guys -- A house like mine -- I'm a daddy -- Suppertime -- All it takes -- What friends are for -- To all a good night -- The worts thing you've ever seen -- Spare change -- Candy -- Don't blink -- Somebody else's shoes -- Erosion -- Sure fooled me -- Omaha Beach -- The sight of blood -- Done -- Paperwork -- Two prisoners -- A visit from a friend -- Bon voyage, scumbag -- Go figure -- The bear -- The park is good -- Still life with a prostitute -- JFK -- On a day like today -- A cold day in hell
- Control code
- on1042807262
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316469616
- Lccn
- 2018939632
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042807262
- Label
- Bad call : a summer job on a New York ambulance, Mike Scardino
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How bad could it be -- First day on the job -- The rule of nines -- The Napoleon -- Mr. Bubble -- On a wine-dark sea -- Beer -- Breakfast of champions -- Boudicca goes soft -- Death of a cynic -- A date for the prom -- A whirlpool -- Jesus speaks -- The least we can do -- Silence is golden -- Those guys -- A house like mine -- I'm a daddy -- Suppertime -- All it takes -- What friends are for -- To all a good night -- The worts thing you've ever seen -- Spare change -- Candy -- Don't blink -- Somebody else's shoes -- Erosion -- Sure fooled me -- Omaha Beach -- The sight of blood -- Done -- Paperwork -- Two prisoners -- A visit from a friend -- Bon voyage, scumbag -- Go figure -- The bear -- The park is good -- Still life with a prostitute -- JFK -- On a day like today -- A cold day in hell
- Control code
- on1042807262
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316469616
- Lccn
- 2018939632
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042807262
Subject
- Ambulance service -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Emergency medical services -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951-
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
- Scardino, Mike
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