The Mighty Fallen: Our Nation's Greatest War Memorials

by F-stop Fitzgerald and Larry Bond

Book Overview

The Mighty Fallen is a beautiful, evocative presentation of more than 150 never-before-seen photographs of the nation's greatest monuments and war memorials, along with text that describes the memorials and tells their stories. This extraordinary collection calls attention to the power of memory and the ways in which we immortalize people and events. As Larry Bond notes in the Introduction, "Memories of a war or battle are unpleasant, but few veterans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061170909
• ISBN13: 9780061170904
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.0" x 12.0"