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These three works would make an ideal companion set: the New York Times staff unveils a wealth of immediate reaction to the traumatic events of 9/11, couched in the almost lyrical narrative style of much great war reportage (Anthony Loyd's My War Gone By, I Miss It So comes to mind), while the twin volumes from the New Press show American and foreign scholars struggling to make sense of that day and its aftermath on a more analytical level. If there was any doubt that the Times deserved the slew of journalism awards it harvested for its 9/11 coverage, Out of the Blue should put it to rest. For Americans not directly touched by the tragedies the heroes and victims of that day have tended to recede into memory. In short, the events of barely a year ago are becoming history. This book's great virtue is that it counteracts that tendency, using personal stories to moor the attacks on the World Trade Center firmly in the lives and experiences of real people. By walking the reader again through those terrible hours, it reawakens the passions kindled when the Twin Towers fell. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/02.] If the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More