Contents
Prologue: A Journey in the Name of Memory
1. The Day the Sky Fell Down
2. It Takes a Village
3. This Harvest of Sorrow
4. If Memories Could Heal
5. In Search of “the One Brilliant Idea”
6. The Many Faces of Memory
7. Memorial, Interrupted
8. The Shanksville Redemption
Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
“A smart and moving account of the tragedy of Flight 93 and its effect on the families, the community of Shanksville, and our collective memories of 9/11. Thompson’s book will forever change your understanding of national grief and the memorials we erect to honor our dead.”
—Mark Harris, author of Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
