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Summary: GOD BLESS N.Y.
Review: This book puts into perspective the events of September 11, 2001. This is a day that we will all remember until the day we die. 9-1-1. It is a number we all know so well. On this day, our lives, and even those not born yet changed forvever. I would STRONGLY suggest this book to everyone especially children so you can see how YOUR future has been shifted from one of peace and joy to terror and fright.
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Summary: The photos tell what it was like
Review: This is a book to mourn the mass murders on that day.
Walking from Manhattan to Brooklyn, over the Manhattan bridge, through torrents of horrified people, thousands covered in ash--all deadly silent--this is what it was like. There were no car horns. No one talked. No one laughed. Everyone knew he was lucky.
These photographs tell the story. Never forget.
--Alyssa A. Lappen
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Summary: Amazing Record of an Unspeakable Tragedy
Review: Those who were at Ground Zero have indicated that the photographs and television coverage can never give full justice to the scope of this incomprehensive act of villainy. However, this book provides a record as meaningful, as any other printed record, of September 11, now burned into the collective memory and psyche of all Americans. The photographs are indeed spectacular, yet poignantly haunting and tragic documentation of a day that will indeed "Live in Infamy."The photographers, true professionals all, present these compelling images of the destruction of the WTC, loss of life and subsequent rescue efforts. A tribute to the World Trade Center, a magnificent not only for its physical structure, but for its role as a symbol of freedom, includes pictures taken since the original construction of the Twin Towers since the 1970's. Portrayed in its horror, without the sense of exploitation, is what sets this apart from other books. The brief introduction by David Halberstam is also well done.
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Summary: They should have taken their time...
Review: What a disappointment. A lousy production process yields one of the poorest quality collection of photographs in my memory. The paperback Life Magazine collection available in your local grocery store is ten times the quality for half the price! To add insult to injury, the publisher and editor (and, I suppose, the photographers) seem to have forgotten who's President, devoting a spread to yet another saccharine snapshot of Bill Clinton getting physical with yet another complete stranger and ignoring George W. Bush. Regrettable, but entirely perdictable. For a nice keepsake, spend (...) on the Life collection--it's also available in hardcover, but the same collection is available in paperback. The photos are crisper, clearer and printed on far better quality paper--goes to show that a quickie job doesn't have to be sloppy. The Life book also includes several photos that I had not seen--or which had not been widely published, including the one of the moment Andrew Card whispered to the President that the second plane had hit the towers--now that's a moment in history!
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Summary: An Amazing Work -
Review: What I wanted and what I recieved were two different things. This was an array of mainly individual survivors aroung the WTC sight. Thats fine. I however, was looking for more truth. I wanted something to memorialize being a NYer myself, knowing people that had to escape, I was looking for realism. I wanted to open the book to see two tall beaming towers in their prime pre 9/11. I wanted to close the book in tears to the true after math. No such luck. Indiviual photographers took an artistic array of pictures of individual people in their own greif. Harboring no morbidity, we can not sugar coat this horrowing tragedy. Thousands of lives were lost. When my childrens children read this book to see what we all went through, I want them to know people had to do horrendous things to try to fight for their lives. If you want an awesome book to remember, pick up "One Nation", from cover to cover it is perfect. True reality, no euphamisims.
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Summary: No thank you
Review: What I wanted and what I recieved were two different things. This was an array of mainly individual survivors aroung the WTC sight. Thats fine. I however, was looking for more truth. I wanted something to memorialize being a NYer myself, knowing people that had to escape, I was looking for realism. I wanted to open the book to see two tall beaming towers in their prime pre 9/11. I wanted to close the book in tears to the true after math. No such luck. Indiviual photographers took an artistic array of pictures of individual people in their own greif. Harboring no morbidity, we can not sugar coat this horrowing tragedy. Thousands of lives were lost. When my childrens children read this book to see what we all went through, I want them to know people had to do horrendous things to try to fight for their lives. If you want an awesome book to remember, pick up "One Nation", from cover to cover it is perfect. True reality, no euphamisims.
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Summary: New York September 11
Review: When you look at the photos it still is not real. A true capture of a very painful event to be saved forever.
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Summary: Dull pictures, some out of focus
Review: While there are some good pictures in the book, many are dull (as if the film wasn't processed properly) and some are out of focus. Also, many pictures run across two pages, with the middle of the book obscuring the subject of the picture. For example, there is a picture of Bill Clinton hugging someone who had lost her firefighter husband. The center of the book runs straight through the back of the woman's head and part of Clinton's face.
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