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Author Linenthal, Edward Tabor, 1947-

Title The unfinished bombing : Oklahoma City in American memory / Edward T. Linenthal
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: April 19, 1995 -- Falling into history -- Telling the story: three narratives -- "A new world": the inner life of a wounded community -- "A single chord of horror": the memorial vocabulary of American culture -- "We come here to remember": creating the memorial in Oklahoma City -- Conclusion: bonds of affection -- Postscript
Summary Writing with empathy, passion, and critical insight, Edward T. Linenthal explores the ways Oklahomans, and American culture at large, have tried to make sense of this horrific event. Drawing from over 150 personal interviews with survivors, family members of those murdered, rescuers, and many others, Linenthal portrays the aftermath of the bombing and the formation of a "bereaved community" that extended from Oklahoma City across the country and even the world
Analysis Humaniora Historie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-292) and index
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Subject Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995 -- Psychological aspects
Memorials -- Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City -- Psychological aspects
National characteristics, American.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Memorials -- Psychological aspects
National characteristics, American
Psychological aspects
Sprengstoffanschlag
SUBJECT Oklahoma City National Memorial (Okla.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98002496
Subject Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City
Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma City <Okla.> -- Federal Building.
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