Life: The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11

By Life Magazine, George W. Bush, LIFE, et al.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929049889
• ISBN13: 9781929049882
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Life
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

The American Spirit

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.

Moving images of recovery

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.