The official memorial volume on the victims, families and rescue workers of the Oklahoma City bombing is now on sale. The Official Commemorative Volume, is published by Random House under the auspices of The First Lady of Oklahoma, Cathy Keating with editorial cooperation of the Daily Oklahoman. I am so pleased to see this important project come to fruition. The volume consists of original text that will provide a moving context for the Murrah Building tragedy, including a portrait of Oklahoma City, a narrative construction of the victim's lives at the awful moment of the attack on April 19, and biographical stories of the victims.
Memorial photographs accompany the biographies.
It also includes a foreward by the Rev. Billy Graham, an epilogue by Governor and Mrs. Keating, and a special contribution by Tom Brokaw of NBC News. The book was conceived when Random House was approached by Mrs. Keating. Random House Chairman and CEO Alberto Vitale and Random House Trade Group President and Publisher Harold Evans announced that the memorial volume would be published as a non-profit venture, with all profits going to Project Recovery OKC, Inc. to assist bombing victims and their families and meet other community needs. Conde Nast Publications donated office space for the rush production of the book. I can't say enough about the tremendous outpouring of support we have received in producing this book.