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Jessica DuLong, one of the world’s only female fireboat engineers, is also a journalist and historian whose work has appeared in Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, CosmoGIRL!, Today’s Machining World, and numerous other publications. She is the author of DUST TO DELIVERANCE: Untold Stories from the Maritime Evacuation on September 11 (McGraw-Hill amzn.to/2vK7Iag), the captivating saga of the largest maritime evacuation in history, when ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels spontaneously converged to rescue nearly 500,000 stranded people from Manhattan. In her book, MY RIVER CHRONICLES: Rediscovering the Work that Built America; A Personal and Historical Journey (Free Press http://amzn.to/2gQnaam), DuLong investigates what the U.S. is losing as society as it continues to devalue production, manufacturing, and hands-on work. In exploring the changing meaning of work in America, DuLong shares her own experiences of learning to navigate a traditionally male world, interweaving unforgettable present-day characters and events with four centuries of Hudson River history.