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American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center
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American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center Paperback - 2003

by Langewiesche, William

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Within days after 9/11, 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 the story of those who improvised the recovery effort day by day.

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Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center
  • Author Langewiesche, William
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY
  • Date 2003-09-11
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3580034-6
  • ISBN 9780865476752 / 0865476756
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.5 x 0.63 in (20.93 x 13.97 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Library of Congress subjects September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.710

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When the Twin Towers collapsed, on the warm, bright morning of September 11, 2001, they made a sound heard variously around New York as a roar, a growl, or distant thunder.

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Citations

  • New York Times, 09/21/2003, Page 32

About the author

William Langewiesche is the author of several books, including Cutting for Sign, Sahara Unveiled, and Inside the Sky. He is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, where American Ground originated as a three-part series.

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