For All Time

by Lee Kravitz (Editor)

As the last century drew to a close, PARADE magzine asked its readers this intriguing question and invited them to take their cameras and capture a single image that best symbolized our nation's achievements, concerns, and hopes. More than 120,000 readers responded enthusiatically to the challenge.Included in this remarkable collection are unforgettable, prize-winning photographs that illustrate the enduring and exceptional aspects of American life. Each reflects the depth and breadth of life today and links America's present with the past and its future. While faces and surroundings may change with the passage of one millennium into another, these photos remind us that certain values endure - for all time.An introduction by Lee Kravitz, editor of PARADE, is accompanied by essays from the distinguished panel of judges, which Eddie Adams, the Pullitzer Prize-winning photographer; Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame catcher; Dr. Joyce Brothers, the psychologist and syndicated columnist; Enrico Colantoni, who plays a photographer on NBC's "Just Shoot Me!"; and Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund and founder of Stand for Children Day.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Lee Kravitz is the author of PILGRIM: Risking the Life I Have to Find the Faith I Seek (Hudson Street Press) and UNFINISHED BUSINESS: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things (Bloomsbury USA.) He describes himself as "a perpetual seeker. I go on journeys of self-healing and spiritual growth; then I write about them. My hope is that my books and blog posts will inspire readers to go on their own transformational journeys."

Lee was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Yale and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He began his career as a freelance journalist and photographer, reporting on politics, culture and human rights issues in the developing world. Prior to becoming a full-time author, he was an editorial director at Scholastic Inc, the founding editor of React magazine for teens, and editor in chief of Parade, the Sunday newspaper magazine.

Lee lives in New York City with his wife Elizabeth Kaplan, a literary agent, and their three teenagers. They have two dogs and three cats, who make frequent appearances in his books.