![The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/548/916/1525916548.0.m.jpg)
The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11
by Graff, Garrett M
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1913183416
- ISBN 13
- 9781913183417
- Seller
-
King River, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Monoray, London, 2019. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Fourth Inpression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 504 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The Only Plane in the Sky is the first comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events.It begins predawn, where we meet airport staff who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice watch for incoming planes on radar. At the Pentagon, officials feel a violent tremor as they come under attack. We hear the stories of the father and son working on separate floors in the North Tower; the firefighter who rushes there to search for his wife; the phone operator who keeps her promise to share a passenger's last words with his family; the chaplain who stays on the scene to perform last rites, losing his own life when the Twin Towers collapse. In New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable chaos. At the Pentagon generals break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try and rescue their colleagues. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, declassified documents and interviews from nearly five hundred people, award-winning historian Garrett Graff skilfully tells the story of the day that changed all of our lives - as it was lived. The Only Plane in the Sky is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives, 20 years ago. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; American History; United States; 2000's; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781913183417. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9872. . 9781913183417
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9872
- Title
- The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11
- Author
- Graff, Garrett M
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1913183416
- ISBN 13
- 9781913183417
- Publisher
- Monoray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Biography, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, History Of The Americas, 21st Century History: From C 2000 -, History: Specific Events & Topics, Oral History, Military History, Terrorism, Armed Struggle, Terrorist Attack History;
Terms of Sale
Great Southern Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Great Southern Books
Biblio member since 2012
King River, Western Australia
About Great Southern Books
We are an independent online bookstore and have been in business since 2012.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...