Tom McMillan
Författare till Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11
Om författaren
Tom McMillan has spent a lifetime in media and communications-as a newspaper sportswriter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others, as a radio talk-show host, and for the past seventeen years as vice president of communications for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. He also serves on the board of visa mer directors of Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center, on the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation, as a tour guide for the Civil War Room at Carnegie Library, as an adjunct professor of media and marketing at Point Park University, and as a volunteer at the Flight 93 National Memorial. visa färre
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Statistik
- Verk
- 7
- Medlemmar
- 99
- Popularitet
- #191,538
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 16
This was published in 2014, and includes information that was not available for books written earlier. It draws upon the results of the various investigations made related to the 9/11 attacks in general, and Flight 93 in particular. We learn more about how the terrorist attacks were planned. We also learn about the souls who were on the plane, and about the aftermath of the Flight 93 crash; also, it details the planning and construction of the Flight 93 Memorial in rural Somerset County, PA.
I had a few minor annoyances with the book relating to the unnecessary repetition of some pieces of information. Overall, though, I thought this was an excellent account of what happened, as best as anyone can know.
The book was written so that the average reader should be able to follow the narrative easily; there are extensive source notes, a bibliography, and an index at the end of the book.… (mer)