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Summary: I like the pictures
Review: I like the pictures in this bbok but that is the only thing. I am probably the only one to say this but I am sick of this patriotism crap, it is used to sell products and make you believe this country is great. I think if we think that way our country is headed right for disaster. It was a sad day September 11th but if we let ourselves become snobbish looking to the world we WILL have the biggest downfall. Anyways...just watch the television you will hear enough about it and don't forget about the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
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Summary: Interesting for news buffs and others!
Review: If you were wondering what various newspapers said on 9/11, this is the book for you. High quality paper, it is a very well done publication to immortalize the headlines after the attack on American soil.
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Summary: Remember the World Trade Center, Pentagon, & Pennsylvania!!!
Review: Just as December 7, 1941 was remembered as "a date that will live
in infamy" and "Remember Pearl Harbor!" became the battle cry of our Nation, so, too, will this date and these places become etched in the annals of the United States of America. This book
represents a stunning collection of the front pages of newspapers
across the nation as well as around the world reporting and depicting the events of this fateful day in our history. Page after page reveals the shock and horror experienced by all people who lived through that day. This book will be a historical record for future generations who will look back on these times in attempting to understand our collective experience. I highly recommend obtaining this book to pass on to your children and their children's children as a reminder of the evil which is ever present in this world.
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Summary: Beyond interesting
Review: Seeing the front pages from around the country was very interesting. The ones that got nasty and used words like Bastard where the most interesting. Must have book about 9/11. But be sure you know before you buy, this just has FRONT PAGES of newspapers, no stories.
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Summary: Relive that day through pictures and first reactions
Review: The two events of this century that changed the average American's perspective are the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the terrorist attacks that destroyed the twin towers of the world trade center. In ways, the attack on the trade center was more shocking that Pearl Harbor, as it was an attack on the heartland. Like all Americans, I was riveted to a television screen during that day and these pages bring that day back. As several of my friends said during that time, the events made them depressed, making it difficult to concentrate on their lives.
It was not possible for me to look at more than a few pages at a time without having to stop. The images bring back the same feelings of anger, frustration and depression felt on that fateful day. The editors of the book and the newspapers did an excellent job of capturing the terror and heroism of the moment.
Events, both famous and infamous, tend not to persist in the transient public memory. However, with the aid of material like this, it will linger on, as well it should. For we now know that we are forever vulnerable.
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Summary: Another Keepsake
Review: This book although paperback has high quality photograph paper for the book interior.
Showing front page news of newspapers all over the world with photographs.
You can actually read the front pages of each newspaper.
(of course a magnifying glass may come in handy)
I purchased this book along with * "New York September 11" by Magnum Photographers, David Halberstam *
I bought this book as a keepsake for myself, my children
and grandchildren so we will never forget those
lives lost and the strength, courage and closeness our
nation has achieved because of it.
I recommend both of these books.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This book featured very scant international coverage. The overwhelming volume of US headlines was too monotonous; after all, what can you really say about the home reaction, it was pretty much universal nation-wide. What would have been interesting is if the book had shown headlines from around the globe, allowing us a glimpse of the love and solidarity shown universally by all peace-loving peoples, and perhaps permitting the reader to identify the mediocre entities who displayed other reactions.It is sad that so much international unity has been mostly taken for granted by our egocentric and conceited reporters here at home. I was extremely surprised, flattered and also a bit sad when I recently saw a photo of about 100,000 Canadians protesting terror on September 12. It was posted on a web site that featured MANY international headlines, and inspired me to buy this book. I wondered, "how could such a poignant display of friendship have been ignored by the US press?" I mean, in an age when everybody criticizes our nation, our culture, our food and our everything, are American reporters really so intellectually challenged that 100,000 people in another country holding "We love USA" signs in their nation's capital doesn't draw attention? How would any one of us feel if we made a similar effort for someone else and the response turned out to be, "uh, uh, so what Beavis?" I believe that this book is a rather narcissistic collection of every... headline of every town of every state in the union. Basically, it's 122 pages of "we were attacked," which is hardly revealing, and 23 pages of a few country's very unique and interesting takes on the situation.
Imagine if your local news repeated over and over the state tally for a presidential election, and never bothered to reveal how everyone else voted or who got elected, would that serve any purpose? But worst of all, even those 23 pages of foreign news feature mostly the same countries over and over. How can editors in their right mind dedicate FOUR entire pages to Sweden and not even include one single headline from Germany? Only 1 each from France and England, but 2 from Brazil? This is editing at its worst. I love the concept and respect and applaud the editors for their effort and their good intentions. But the end product is rather poor journalism.
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Summary: Scrapbook of the Horror.
Review: This book is a collection of front page newspaper clippings from across the USA as well as other countries.
If you are looking for a newsclipping scrapbook of the September 11th horror this is an excellent choice.
It is colorful and nicely assembled (though it is paperback), and a nice item to memorialize what has occured, as well to share with future generations.
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Summary: There is no "University of Indiana."
Review: This book is a very fine document. For us in Bloomington, it's good to see the front page of the Indiana Daily Student along all the other front pages from that dark day. Unfortunately, the book's editors committed a real gaffe by misidentifying the "University of Indiana." There is no such institution. The Indiana Daily Student is headquartered in Ernie Pyle Hall on the campus of Indiana University.
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Summary: There is no "University of Indiana."
Review: This book is a very fine document. For us in Bloomington, it's good to see the front page of the Indiana Daily Student along all the other front pages from that dark day. Unfortunately, the book's editors committed a real gaffe by misidentifying the "University of Indiana." There is no such institution. The Indiana Daily Student is headquartered in Ernie Pyle Hall on the campus of Indiana University.
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