title: LIFE 100 Photographs that Changed the World: An Updated Edition of LIFE's Classic Book (Life (Life Books))
author: Editors of Life
description: The editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, in journalism, and in telling the story of our country and our world which began with LIFE magazine in 1936 by founding editor and publisher, Henry R. Luce. They have published books on a broad range of subjects, including New York Times bestsellers <i>One Nation</i>, <i>LIFE Picture Puzzle</i> and <i>The American Journey of Barack Obama</i>.
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  Author’s Note
  Over the years many people have urged me to write a book about my
  life. Each time my answer was, “I’m too busy living my life to write
  about it.” I was no less busy in 2000, when I was fifty-eight, but two
  years shy of sixty seemed as good a time as any to begin reflecting on the
  prior decades.
  As I began to put together an outline, keeping track of all the bits and
  pieces was akin to herding cockroaches. Memories scurried out of sight
  as soon as they came t