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A haunting record of the destruction and rebirth of the neighborhood surrounding Ground Zero.

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9781438444222

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This is an amazing book that explores a world that was never seen by those outside of New York City. - Sacramento Book Review Praise for the First Edition Josyph's vivid accounts of being near Ground Zero long after September 11...create a clear picture of a singular time in a unique neighborhood, and his decision to ignore regulations and film the neighborhood's reconstruction is one that will prove essential to the historical record. - Publishers Weekly In Liberty Street, Peter Josyph, an author and filmmaker, transforms his documentary film about the attack and its aftermath into a personal, impressionistic, almost poetic account... He artfully weaves together transcripts of his interviews...to produce what he describes as 'eyewitness studies of how urban catastrophe impacts the population and transforms the psychic and physical form of the city.' - New York Times From the eyewitness reports of the survivors of September 11, Peter Josyph has distilled a powerful, gripping rendition of that most infamous act in recent history. To read this book is to be plunged headfirst into the blood, dust, and chaos of that day. A masterful piece of journalism. - Richard Selzer, author of Knife Song Korea: A Novel

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Peter Josyph is an award-winning writer, painter, actor, and filmmaker. He is the author of What One Man Said to Another: Talks with Richard Selzer; editor of The Wounded River: The Civil War Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, M.D., which was a New York Times Book Review's Notable Book of 1993; and editor of Letters to a Best Friend by Richard Selzer, also published by SUNY Press. He lives on Long Island.

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