This collection, a 70-year retrospective, presents a history in photos, highlighting the most famous, moving and beautiful pictures from the magazine, including classics by Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, and Irving Penn. Divided into sections covering the presidency, Hollywood, war, science and nature, culture, sport and “fun,” this volume packs in a huge assortment of subjects and emotions. Of particular interest is the chapter of “Photo Essays,” a pioneering Life feature that revolutionized the field of photojournalism, capturing stories through image sequences and small blurbs; included are provocative stories such as the plight of German refugees in 1945, Heroin use in the ‘60s and Larry Burrows’ intimate portrait of the Vietnam war, which has been called “the greatest photo essay ever made.”