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Inside Anne Frank's House: An Illustrated Journey Through Anne's World
by Hans Westra

Inside Anne Frank's House: An Illustrated Journey Through Anne's World
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Author: Hans Westra
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-11-18
ISBN: 1585676284
Number of pages: 268
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover

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Book Review: An Illustrated Journey
Summary: 4 Stars

I have long been interested in the story of Anne Frank. Over the years I have read many books about her and I continue to reread the diary every year. Recently, this book came to my attention and I gave it a read. There is much about it that impresses.

This book is subtitled An Illustrated Journey Through Anne's World and that seems appropriate. The key attraction of the book are the hundreds of photos that fill its pages, many of which I had never seen before. With its oversize, coffee table book format, and slick pages, it is a beautiful thing to look at. Where the book begins to let the reader down is the text.

Granted, the text is minimal and what there is can be highly informative and descriptive; however, I noticed a number of typos in my edition and many of the pictures were mislabeled (if the label could be found at all). It also seemed like different people were in charge of different sections of the book because there was no consistency to the presentation. I actually liked the structure of the first section of the book, where German history ran in small pictures along the bottom of the pages and the Frank family filled the top. I wish this style would have continued because it was very informative and allowed the reader to make connections but this was dropped rather quickly.

Still, there is a lot to be said for this book. It's cliche that a picture says a thousand words but it is amazing the emotion that is captured in some of these shots, particularly if you know the story behind them.

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