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Watching the World Change
The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11
Friend, David
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BOOK SUMMARY
 A Chicago Tribune Best Book of theYear
 
The attack on the World Trade Center was the most watched event in human history. And the footage seen of that day came not only from TV cameras, but also from workers, tourists, and passersby, each of whose liv

BOOK SYNOPSIS
 A Chicago Tribune Best Book of theYear
 
The attack on the World Trade Center was the most watched event in human history. And the footage seen of that day came not only from TV cameras, but also from workers, tourists, and passersby, each of whose lives would change dramatically when confronted with the sight of the attacks.
 
David Friend has uncovered the stories behind those images--from the street-level shots of the north tower crumbling to firefighters raising the American flag over the rubble. In Watching the World Change, he traces the images back to their sources and charts their impact over the next seven days. That week was the beginning of a digital age, a moment when all the advances in television, photography, and the Web converged on a single event. A brilliant chronicle of how we process disaster.

AUTHOR BIO
David Friend is Vanity Fair's editor of creative development. He lives in New Rochelle, New York.

BOOK REVIEWS
"A lucid, thoughtful, and wide-ranging book . . . David Friend's excellent writing conveys more of the truth of the day than photographs can."--Garrison Keillor, The New York Times Book Review
 
"An elegant and moving examination of the photographic legacy of that day in history. . . . Brings meaning to a terrible time."--The Times Picayune, New Orleans
 
"Compelling . . . Surely the most original treatment so far of the cultural impact of the day."--Frank Rich, The New York Times
 
"A tour de force."--The Oregonian
 
"Powerful, riveting . . . Friend is always a profoundly empathetic writer."--San Francisco Chronicle

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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312426763
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312426767
Dewey Decimal: 974.7/1044
Library of Congress: bl2008000762
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 435

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