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Summary: I was disappointed.
Review: I have been searching for a book on 9-11 to hand down to future generations of my family, and I thought that I could not go wrong with a book published by Life. However, after perusing through the book I ended up returning it. If you are interested only in what happened in New York City, this is a great book--but the Pentagon and Pennsylvania incidents barely received a page or two of coverage. Since I live just a few miles from the Pentagon in Alexandria, Virginia and drive by the damaged side each day as I head toward Memorial Bridge to work, that is what I am interested in reading about. I am very disappointed that Life treated the Pentagon as a postscript.
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Summary: KEEPSAKE
Review: THIS BOOK IS A TREASURE AND KEEPSAKE.HEARTWRENCHING YET SPIRITUAALLY UPLIFTING.WRITTEN IN VERY GOOD TASTE.GOD BLESS AMERICA
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Summary: Excellent
Review: A worthy tribute. Be prepared, however, to open up this book and be taken right back to the shock, grief and pain of September 11. It is hard to believe that we lived through it, and the book is a way to further absorb some of these huge events at whatever pace is right for you. Amazing photos taken inside the World Trade Center during the evacuation, as well as the heroic rescue workers (including the canine heros). Nothing overly graphic. Very well put together, as we would expect from Life Magazine.
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Summary: One nation remembers...
Review: This book is very informative, it details everything by the minute. Many of the photos published are photos I viewed only on the internet so it's great that I now have copies of those photos. This book is also heartbreaking because it brings it all back. There are photos of flyers of the missing victims on the inside covers, viewing the cover of the book on the web you are not able to see that it actually has thumbnail photos of the victims. This book is well written and very informative for our children if they need it for reference in the future. I highly recommend everone to buy it. A co-worker brought two copies of this book after reading my copy. Take care! God Bless America!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book really showed patriotism. I loved it and the pictures were extreme. It was a great book for anyone, any age. I really enjoyed the book, but it made me sad.
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Summary: Powerful photos and moving commentary make a great mix.
Review: The book reviews the events of 9.11 and looks at their impact on the nation primarily through it's impact on the victims and those who responded to the events. The book works on the one hand as, is often the case with the Life books of this genre, the photography is excellent and well scaled. There is enough to convey the impact and scope of the attacks without engendering sensory overload. The use of a news ticker like format in the photo section is effective in that it provides identification and context sufficient to the need without detracting from the power of the photography. The best part of the book, however, is the second half which is basically broken into three parts: A section that concentrates on the victims in the planes and buildings, a section that concentrates on those who responded to the events, and a third sort of Big picture/Summary section. The vignettes in the second half show the wider impact and effect of the events, as well as the national, racial and ethnic diversity of the victims and those who responded. The stories are long enough to get the picture of individual circumstances and numerous enough to communicate the scale of the tragedy without overwhelming the emotional senses to much. My wife gave me this for Christmas and I went through it pretty thoroughly then and have returned to look over it in snippets from time to time since. A lot is going on now with the war on terrorism and the return, somewhat, to politics as normal on a national stage and going back for a peak serves to remind what sacrifices are needed and necessary. This book communicates the big picture and if there is one thing we cannot do at this point, it's lose track of the big picture.
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Summary: BEST BOOK ABOUT SEPTEMER 11TH THAT I HAVE SEEN
Review: WHAT MAKES IT SO WONDERFUL IS THAT IT STARTS WITH A TIME LINE IN PICTURES OF THE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ATTACK AND THE SEQUENCE OF HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE MOST HORRIBLE EVENT ON AMERICAN SOIL IN HISTORY. EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY SHOULD OWN A COPY OF THIS BOOK.
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Summary: It tells it like it was!
Review: The book has nice big colored pictures. It starts out going through the whole event in time order. It ends with beautiful picture of firefighters, police and other eye witnesses. It shows the emotions of the day and the weeks following! I was very touched by it!
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Summary: very nice!
Review: I haven't read any other books on Sept.11, but I'm sure this would be one of the best out there. It has 192 color pages of amazing photos and great text. Some photos are disturbing, people jumping to death, but accurately portrays the tragedy. I personally liked the timeline of events. I read that and remember what I was doing and thinking at every heart-breaking moment. Wonderful stories of families and courage, people changed in many ways that day. Photos I never saw on television, or details I just didn't notice, now we will have a lasting tribute in this awesome book.
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Summary: The Worst , w/ the best photos
Review: This book has the best photos I have seen of the WTC disaster, and as I stood 400 ft. east of the North Tower for much of that morning, I feel I can make this claim with some justification. But I truly offended by the mindnumbing IDIOCY of the title! "America Remembers September 11" is the kind of title one invents for a book on Pearl Harbor, the Lusitania, or Pickett's Charge! It's as if, despite the fact that the September 11 attacks happened less than 3 months before this book was published, we're to treat these events as golden memories, buffered in nostalgia & already well integrated into our collective unconscious/national psyche: another scary time where, in retrospect, "everything turned out all right"! I get the impression that, unfortunately, like many other public forums and figures, Life wants us to think that everything is "back to normal", and we can go back to ignoring the rest of the world. The danger is still very real, and the deeper reasons for the attacks (I.E. "why did they do this to us!?!?) have barely even been voiced as yet, and not at all understood. Now is not time for "back to normal"!
I watched at least 4 people fall 1000 ft. to their deaths from the top of the north tower that morning, and that ain't no "golden memory". Although I'm looking forward to a relief from the pain of my memories, I DO NOT expect and I hope to God I don't feel "normal" ever again. At least, I don't want meet the profile of "normal" as conceived by the sleazebags who came up with this title.
I've only read a bit of the text, I confess, but it appears to be of the same tenor as the title. I may get a black marker and blot out the title and the text, leaving only the photos, which are really GREAT. Barring this, I'm going to carry the book around with me, and shove it up the "nose" (this is a substituted word used to get this review in print!) of the first editor of Life I meet!
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