Life Sixty Years: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 1936-1996

By Life Magazine

For anyone wanting to look back at the world over the last 60 years from a specifically American viewpoi nt, Life 60 Years captures events as varied as natural disas ters, Ronald Reagan''s presidency... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821223356
• ISBN13: 9780821223352
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Bulfinch Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

Pictures tell story where words fail

LIFE Sixty Years is a look at photos from LIFE Magazine's archives from their beginning in 1936 through 1996. I am a very visual person. I need to see something to truly understand it. When reading certain books, I often have Google images open just to help me get a better idea of what's being described. I read the Illustrated edition of The DaVinci Code. During The Art Thief, I was constantly searching. This book is almost sensory overload for me, but at the same time not quite satisfying. Looking at the lush pictures of fashion, nature, and animals, I can't help but be awed by creations both manmade and from God. The pictures of disasters and unrest held my attention the longest. I find myself studying the images of faces looking for how they interpreted the scene in which they've found themselves. Seeing MLK's stoic acceptance of his arrest, the brutality of a police officer slamming his billy club on the back of a unionizer puts me in that moment. There's an image of a family in Arlington National Cemetery at the funeral of a Gulf War soldier. The children reflect complete lack of understanding. The mother is struggling for control, touching her children both for reassurance and to assure. A few pages later is the famous picture of a family running across a tarmac to greet their father who has been released as a Vietnam POW after six years in captivity. The daughter in front has completely left the ground in anticipation of meeting his arms. Her total joy moved me to tears. I wish that there had been more pictures so I could have great understanding. Great book.

Sixty Years

This is a great book. Brought back so many memories and with such unforgetable photos.