The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / Denise Kiernan.
2014
F444.O3 K54 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / Denise Kiernan.
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Edition
First Touchstone paperback edition.
ISBN
1451617534 (pbk.)
9781451617535 (pbk.)
9781451617542 (ebook)
9781451617535 (pbk.)
9781451617542 (ebook)
Published
New York, NY : Touchstone Book published by Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
xxi, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
Call Number
F444.O3 K54 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
976.8/73
Summary
This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
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"A Touchstone book."
Includes reading group guide.
Includes reading group guide.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index.
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Table of Contents
Revelation, August 1945.
Everything Will Be Taken Care Of: train to Nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy: the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942.
Peaches and Pearls: the Taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy: Ida and the atom, 1934.
Through the Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy: Lise and fission, 1938.
Bull Pens and Creeps: the Projects Welcome for New Employees. Tubealloy: Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942.
Only Temporary: Spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy: the quest for product.
To Work. Tubealloy: the couriers.
Rhythms of Life. Tubealloy: Security, censorship, and the press.
The One About the Fireflies. Tubealloy: pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944.
The Unspoken: Sweethearts and Secrets. Tubealloy: combining efforts in the New Year.
Curiosity and Silence. Tubealloy: the project's crucial spring.
Innocence Lost. Tubealloy: hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945.
Sand Jumps in the Desert, July 1945
The Gadget Revealed
Dawn of a Thousand Suns
Life in the New Age.
Everything Will Be Taken Care Of: train to Nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy: the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942.
Peaches and Pearls: the Taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy: Ida and the atom, 1934.
Through the Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy: Lise and fission, 1938.
Bull Pens and Creeps: the Projects Welcome for New Employees. Tubealloy: Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942.
Only Temporary: Spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy: the quest for product.
To Work. Tubealloy: the couriers.
Rhythms of Life. Tubealloy: Security, censorship, and the press.
The One About the Fireflies. Tubealloy: pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944.
The Unspoken: Sweethearts and Secrets. Tubealloy: combining efforts in the New Year.
Curiosity and Silence. Tubealloy: the project's crucial spring.
Innocence Lost. Tubealloy: hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945.
Sand Jumps in the Desert, July 1945
The Gadget Revealed
Dawn of a Thousand Suns
Life in the New Age.