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Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition) (Paperback)
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Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition) (Paperback)
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Loot Price R562
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Damon DiMarco's Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 (20th
Anniversary Commemorative Edition), eternally preserves a
monumental tragedy in American history through the voices of the
people who were in New York City on that fateful day. At the same
time, the individuals featured in the book speak to the myriad ways
by which Americans rose to meet the challenges presented by 9/11,
and celebrates the many heroes that are found within its pages. In
the tradition of Studs Terkel, DiMarco's literary time capsule
includes a wide variety of viewpoints, including: The small group
of people who miraculously made it safely down from the 89th floor
of Tower 1, the New York Times reporter who desperately fought her
way through the fleeing crowds to get back into Lower Manhattan,
the paramedic who set up a triage area 200 yards from the base of
the Towers before they collapsed, and the bereaved citizens of New
York City who struggled to get on with their lives in the days and
months following the tragic event, among dozens of others. The
original edition of Tower Stories was one of the best-selling and
most critically acclaimed books on 9/11 ever published, and for
this 20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, DiMarco has conducted
additional interviews that offer a contemporary perspective on the
9/11 tragedy. The individuals DiMarco interviewed for the new
edition include: * Alice Greenwald (President and CEO of the 9/11
Memorial & Museum) * Father Jim Martin (New York Times
bestselling author) * Tom Haddad (survivor of the 89th floor, Tower
1) * Stephen Adly Guirgis (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright). The
20th Anniversary Commemorative Edition of DiMarco's moving oral
history preserves all of the voices from the original edition for
generations to come, while offering new insights that benefit from
twenty years of reflection on the world-shattering event. The
voices in Tower Stories are in turn haunting and heartbreaking,
always emotional, yet ultimately heroic. It's no wonder that MSNBC
called Tower Stories "Arguably the most successful attempt at
capturing the enormity of the events of 9/11," while Publishers
Weekly wrote that "DiMarco's contribution to the memory of that
horrific day is enormous; the testimonies collected here form a
one-of-a-kind account."
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