New Yorkers remember 9/11 in this landmark volume of oral history commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attacks--A "staggering book of living memory" (Booklist, starred review).

Within days of September 11, 2001, Columbia's Oral History Research Office deployed interviewers across the city to collect the accounts and observations of hundreds of people from a diverse mix of New York neighborhoods and backgrounds. With follow-up interviews spanning years, the project produced a deep and revealing look at how the attacks changed individual lives and communities in New York City.

After the Fall presents a selection of these fascinating testimonies, with heartbreaking and enlightening stories from a broad range of New Yorkers. The interviews include first-responders, taxi drivers, school teachers, artists, religious leaders, immigrants, and others who were interviewed numerous times since the 2001 attacks. The result is a remarkable time-lapse account of the city as it changed in the wake of 9/11, one that will resonate powerfully with New Yorkers and millions of others who continue to feel the impact of the most damaging foreign attack to ever occur inside the United States.

Author: Mary Marshall Clark
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Published: 09/06/2011
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781595586476


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2011
People Weekly 09/05/2011 pg. 62
Booklist 09/01/2011 pg. 32

About the Author
Mary Marshall Clark is director of the Columbia University Oral History Research Office and a past president of the Oral History Association.

Peter Bearman is the Cole Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia University. He is the author of Doormen and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. They both live in New York City.

Catherine Ellis is a contributing producer with American RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media. She is founder of Audio Memoir, which chronicles personal stories for families and organizations. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Stephen Drury Smith is the executive editor and host of American RadioWorks(R) and is the winner of the DuPont-Columbia University Gold Baton. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.