No Day Shall Erase You

The Story of 9/11 as Told at the September 11 Museum

$29.95 US
Rizzoli | Rizzoli Electa
10 per carton
On sale Aug 30, 2016 | 978-0-8478-4948-2
Sales rights: World
Published to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, this book emphasizes the highlights of the museum’s interpretation of this somber day. This book is the definitive, official companion volume to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It provides visitors with a lasting record of their experience at the museum, and tells the story of September 11 through essays on and photographs of the installations and thoughtfully curated artifacts that serve as touchstones to the day and its aftermath. It also provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse—through photographs and planning concepts—into the evolution of the museum from idea to finished entity. By maximizing the visual impact through the innovative use of photography and design, the book immerses the reader in the visceral emotion of both the museum and the day—September 11—itself. No Day Shall Erase You offers an authoritative narrative of 9/11, as it is presented in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and as told by Alice M. Greenwald, the museum’s director, and other key staff who planned and built the museum. Focusing on the historic impact of the event, No Day Shall Erase You recognizes the central importance 9/11 has in America’s national memory, as well as putting the day into context fifteen years later.
"...tastefully and candidly presents highlights from the collection and explores the challenges in curating it."
New York Times 

"The book is a tribute to those who died on 9/11 as well as a powerful exploration of collective memory."
Publishers Weekly 

"It provides a behind the-scenes glimpse—through photographs and planning concepts—into the evolution of the museum from idea to realized institution. Focusing on the historic impact of the event, this historically important volume recognizes the central importance that 9/11 has in America’s national memory, as well as putting the day into context fifteen years later. The book will serve as an important reference for years to come."
Art of the Times 


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Published to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, this book emphasizes the highlights of the museum’s interpretation of this somber day. This book is the definitive, official companion volume to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It provides visitors with a lasting record of their experience at the museum, and tells the story of September 11 through essays on and photographs of the installations and thoughtfully curated artifacts that serve as touchstones to the day and its aftermath. It also provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse—through photographs and planning concepts—into the evolution of the museum from idea to finished entity. By maximizing the visual impact through the innovative use of photography and design, the book immerses the reader in the visceral emotion of both the museum and the day—September 11—itself. No Day Shall Erase You offers an authoritative narrative of 9/11, as it is presented in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and as told by Alice M. Greenwald, the museum’s director, and other key staff who planned and built the museum. Focusing on the historic impact of the event, No Day Shall Erase You recognizes the central importance 9/11 has in America’s national memory, as well as putting the day into context fifteen years later.

Praise

"...tastefully and candidly presents highlights from the collection and explores the challenges in curating it."
New York Times 

"The book is a tribute to those who died on 9/11 as well as a powerful exploration of collective memory."
Publishers Weekly 

"It provides a behind the-scenes glimpse—through photographs and planning concepts—into the evolution of the museum from idea to realized institution. Focusing on the historic impact of the event, this historically important volume recognizes the central importance that 9/11 has in America’s national memory, as well as putting the day into context fifteen years later. The book will serve as an important reference for years to come."
Art of the Times 


20 Years Later: September 11th

This year Americans will commemorate the life-changing events of September 11, 2001, twenty years ago. In addition to tributes to those who lost their lives, including the traditional reading of names, and honoring the heroes of that day, many will ruminate about the ongoing war on terror that’s since taken place. The expected complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by 9/11 of this year as ordered by President Biden will have readers refocused on all that has transpired over the past 20 years. 

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