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American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center by William Langewiesche (2003, Trade Paperback)

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American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center, Paperback by Langewiesche, William, ISBN 0865476756, ISBN-13 9780865476752, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Traces the monumental efforts of the cleanup crew at the site of the World Trade Center collapse, discussing the physical details of the collapse and deconstruction, citing the political factors that contributed and documenting the human side of the effort. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100865476756

ISBN-139780865476752

eBay Product ID (ePID)2740216

Product Key Features

Book TitleAmerican Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicConstruction / General, Buildings / General, Terrorism, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Structural, United States / 21st Century

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Architecture, History

AuthorWilliam Langewiesche

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.8 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"The one book to read, if you're only reading one." -- Detroit Free Press "Slim but powerful . . . truth, unclouded by sentiment." -- The New York Times Book Review "One of the most compelling, dramatic, and uplifting pieces of writing you are likely ever to read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes." -- Peter Carlson, The Washington Post "Says more about our essential character than a thousand maudlin tributes." -- Boris Kachka, New York, "The one book to read, if you're only reading one." --Detroit Free Press "Slim but powerful . . . truth, unclouded by sentiment." --The New York Times Book Review "One of the most compelling, dramatic, and uplifting pieces of writing you are likely ever to read." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes." --Peter Carlson,The Washington Post "Says more about our essential character than a thousand maudlin tributes." --Boris Kachka,New York, "The one book to read, if you're only reading one." -- Detroit Free Press "Slim but powerful . . . truth, unclouded by sentiment." -- The New York Times Book Review "One of the most compelling, dramatic, and uplifting pieces of writing you are likely ever to read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes." --Peter Carlson, The Washington Post "Says more about our essential character than a thousand maudlin tributes." --Boris Kachka, New York, "The one book to read, if you're only reading one." --Detroit Free Press "Slim but powerful . . . truth, unclouded by sentiment." --The New York Times Book Review "One of the most compelling, dramatic, and uplifting pieces of writing you are likely ever to read." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes." --Peter Carlson, The Washington Post "Says more about our essential character than a thousand maudlin tributes." --Boris Kachka, New York, Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes.

Dewey Decimal974.7/1044

SynopsisSelected as one of the best books of 2002 by The New York Times , San Francisco Chronicle , Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , and Chicago Sun-Times Within days after September 11, 2001, William Langewiesche had secured unique, unrestricted, round-the-clock access to the World Trade Center site. American Ground is a tour of this intense, ephemeral world and those who improvised the recovery effort day by day, and in the process reinvented themselves, discovering unknown strengths and weaknesses. In all of its aspects--emotionalism, impulsiveness, opportunism, territoriality, resourcefulness, and fundamental, cacophonous democracy--Langewiesche reveals the unbuilding to be uniquely American and oddly inspiring, a portrait of resilience and ingenuity in the face of disaster.

LC Classification NumberHV6432