From memory to memorial : Shanksville, America, and Flight 93 / J. William Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, J. William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Airlines Flight 93 Hijacking Incident, 2001.

Flight 93 National Memorial (Pa.)--History.

Flight 93 National Memorial (Pa.).

Shanksville (Pa.)--History.

Shanksville (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Flight 93 National Memorial.

Pennsylvania--Shanksville.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 181 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Explores the aftermath of 9/11 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Describes how the local community remembered the event and how it was affected by national media attention. Follows the creation of the national memorial built at the site to honor those aboard Flight 93"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The day the sky fell down

It takes a village

This harvest of sorrow

If memories could heal

In search of the "one brilliant idea"

The many faces of memory

Memorial, interrupted

The Shanksville redemption.

Notes:

"A Keystone book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271076997

0271076992

OCLC:

964290570