The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 [Hardcover]

Editors of One Nation (Author), George W. Bush (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 2002

There is now a wonderful new cover as well as new information. During the most trying times, LIFE has provided us with images that help us understand, remember, and renew. Following in the footsteps of One Nation, The American Spirit goes back to chronicle the triumph after the tragedy. - An inspiring portrait of a nation and world coming together in sadness, pride, and above all, resolve-vowing never again to allow such a tragedy to occur. - Return to the most tragic moment in American history and meet the heroes and survivors. Reflect on how the nation has responded and overcome the tragedy. - Written by the editors of One Nation.

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About the Author

LIFE has long been one of the country's preeminent publishers of books and periodicals, and is renowned for its presentation of photography. The American Spirit, the sixth LIFE book to be published in 2002, carries on this tradition. Many of the world's finest photographers are represented, and several of them have created new essays specifically for this volume. The American Spirit was produced by the same team of editors who in 2001 published One Nation, which spent five months on the New York Times Best Sellers list, reaching #1 in mid-December, and raised funds for the victims' charities.

Partial proceeds from the sale of this book will be contributed to the Twin Towers Fund.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Life (September 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929049889
• ISBN-13: 978-1929049882
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,917,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving images of recovery, September 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 (Hardcover)

Through photographs, book tells the story of the country's struggle since 9/11 to recover from its saddest day. Each photo stands on its own and delivers a message without words. Rather than focusing on sensational photos of the towers burning and falling, book chooses to document how the world has changed. Just as LIFE magazine had always done, book uses photography not only to illustrate but to inform and inspire.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The American Spirit, April 27, 2005

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steven - See all my reviews

This review is from: The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 (Hardcover)

Review of The American Spirit

The American spirit goes into detail about the disaster on September 11th . It goes through the normal day, and then it goes to the towers being destroyed by the planes. After that it goes to the search and rescue and on to the clean up. Throughout the book there is many quotes from different people who share there opinions on sept 11th . then the book goes into detail about the recovery of the sphere which is the only still standing structure from the towers. after that it talks about the pentagon briefly but it lets you understand what happened. Near the end it talks about how the military started to invade Afghanistan. It talks about how we are trying to stop terrorism and other countries are trying to help us with that. If you want to learn more about what happened that day when the sky was clear and there was no sound of planes flying by than you must read this book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The revival of American Spirit following September 11, 2001., June 21, 2005

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Kevin M Quigg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 (Hardcover)

Life magazine always produces great pictures and this is no exception in this book. The book is a compilation of the life of America following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The personal stories are always the best to read about. There is a personal background of five people who survived the attacks and this is very poignant. One detailed a young widow of a NYFD person killed in the attack. She described the payout which she recieved as a victim as our "sad money". These people will never be the same as a result of the attack.
I find fault with this book because there is so little focus. It descibes personal stories, then goes off to talk about the ex mayor, then looks at Afghanistan. There is a series of writings in here about the American spirit, but there is no focus in even this. This is a hard book to follow, so I rated it low. The editor should have focused on one trend.