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The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory

by Edward T. Linenthal

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Edward Linenthal has written several books concerning the way Americans remember the past. This work, about the Oklahoma City bombing is more specifically about how that horrific event has been commemorated by local residents and the nation at large.

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Edward T. Linenthal

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Edward T. Linenthal is Edward M. Penson Professor of Religion and American Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

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Important places: USA; Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Important events: Oklahoma City Bombing

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Languages: English
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 6
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Published: 2001
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 976.6
LCC: HV6432 .L54

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