books.google.com.au - The fire extinguisher; the airline safety card; the lifeboat. Until September 11, 2001, most Americans paid homage to these appurtenances of disaster with a sidelong glance, if at all. But John Stilgoe has been thinking about lifeboats ever since he listened with his father as the kitchen radio announced...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Lifeboat.html?id=KvB6NPbSByAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLifeboat