“Fire Lover” by Joseph Wambaugh

Introduction

From master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh, the acclaimed journalist of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary true story of a firefighter any person who may have been, according to U. S. government profilers, "the bulk prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century. Growing higher in Los Angeles, John Orr would watch in awe as firefighters scrambled more to put out blazes with seeming forget for their own live s. One day he would become a fireman himself, and a good on e. As a constituent of the Glendale Fire Department, he rose through the ranks, finally becoming a fire captain and one of southern California's best-known and most-respected arson examiners, as well as a writer of firefighting items and eventually of a fact-based novel. (Conaway 110)

Discussion and Analysis

"Fire Lover" concentrates on John Orr, any person who rose through the ranks at the Glendale Fire Department to become a captain and one of the best-known arson examiners in the stat e. Yet, mysteriously, Glendale was also plagued by a rash of suspicious firesduring Orr's watch. (Conaway 110)

Growing higher in Los Angeles, John Orr would watch in awe as firefighters scrambled to left out blasts with showing overlook for their have live s. One day he would become a fireman himself, and a good one. As a member of the Glendale Fire Department, he rose through the ranks, lastly becoming a discharge captain and one of southern California's best-known and most-respected arson examiners, as well as a writer of firefighting written material and ultimately of a fact-based nove l. But there was another, unseen life, one that encompassed many women, a need for risk, and a hunger for recognition. (Conaway 110)

While Orr busted a string of petty arsonists, there was one successive lawless ...