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Title: A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath by Mitchel Levitas, Nancy Lee, Lonnie Schlein, Dan Barry, New York Times, Howell Raines ISBN: 0-935112-76-6 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books on the subject...
Comment: This stunning book presents the tragic events of that terrible day in complete detail. Since the book is published by the New York Times, it includes all of the information that they obtained by being a local source. Of all the books out about September 11, this is one of the best. If you want a vivid, pictorial history of the attacks, get a copy of this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unven, but nonetheless remarkable book
Comment: There's no denying that the photography in this book is spectacular, and as one would expect from a NY Times book, the writing is superb. Unfortunately, "A Nation Challenged" doesn't completely live up to expectations. There are two main reasons for that. First, the coverage of 9/11 is overwhelmingly skewed towards the events at the World Trade Center. While there is no denying that New York City has come to represent the epicenter of that horrible day, there were equally horrific tragedies taking place on a smaller scale in Washington D.C. and over Pennsylvania. I would have expected that an institution as reputable as the New York Times would have taken a more balanced approach in their reporting. My second complaint is that the final forty pages, or so, are devoted exclusively to portraits of the Afghan people. In and of itself, that's fine, but given the book's title, I would have expected more American viewpoints, whether firemen, policemen, or members of the armed services. I fail to see what is gleaned about the American condition of the last year from interviews with Afghanis.
Those thoughts aside, though, this is an incredible collection of photographs and writing that is well worth owning. One thing about 9/11 is that it was a beautiful sunny day, and the photographs in this volume would be stunning if they weren't so horrific. Interspersed with reproductions of Times' front pages and writing from those pages, are astonishing photographs (many of which I had never seen before) that capture that day and the following weeks in all their horror. ***WARNING, some of the pictures are very graphic, if you aren't prepared for the emotional impact of revisiting 9/11, you would do well to pass on this book. However, if you are prepared to turn your thoughts to that day when everything changed, this is the book to start with.
"A Nation Challenged" represents an excellent record, both visually and in writing, of 9/11. While there are already many books about that day available, and there will undoubtedly be hundreds more, I suspect that very few will be of the same quality as this volume. The reason for this is the weird dichotomy of a paper with global resources having the biggest event of the last fifty years take place in its backyard. While I do have some complaints with the distribution of the coverage, there is no debating the superb quality of the reporting and photography, or the immense integrity of the Times editorial board. This is not an easy book to look at, but it is a remarkable history of a day when, "history splits, and we define the world as 'before' and 'after.'"
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Title: Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 by Photographers of the New York City Police Department, Christopher Sweet, David Fitzpatrick, Gregory Semendinger ISBN: 0670031712 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Portraits: 9/11/01: The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times by The New York Times ISBN: 0805072225 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 by Editors of Life Magazine, editors of LIFE magazine ISBN: 0316525405 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 06 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: September 11: A Testimony by The Staff of Reuters ISBN: 0130449741 Publisher: Reuters Books Pub. Date: 10 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: The September 11 Photo Project by Michael Feldschuh ISBN: 0060508663 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 16 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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