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The Firecracker Boys : H-bombs, Inupiat Eskimos and the roots of the environmental movement  Cover Image Book Book

The Firecracker Boys : H-bombs, Inupiat Eskimos and the roots of the environmental movement

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  • ISBN: 0465003486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780465003488 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: x, 418 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2007]

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General Note:
Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-402) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The sea people of Tikigaq -- The Firecracker Boys -- We looked at the whole world -- A bomb on the world stage -- Fracas in Fairbanks -- Tent camp at Ogotoruk Creek -- Drop us a card -- Polarbasillen -- The AEC meets the eskimos -- Bikini, Nevada, Tikigaq : a trail of empty words -- The Committee and the Gang of Four -- Wolfe, Meat, and Wood -- Going public -- A national protest -- Drumbeats on the tundra -- Spiking the wheels of chariot -- Blacklisting -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Methodology -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Subject: Inupiat Alaska History 20th century
Antinuclear movement United States
Nuclear weapons United States Testing History
Nuclear excavation
Hydrogen bomb Testing Alaska Thompson, Cape (North Slope Borough)
Project Chariot.
Teller, Edward 1908-2003

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library AK 363.1799 ONE (Text) 000086765 Alaskana -- Nonfiction Available -
Homer Public Library AK_DUP 363.1799 ONE (Text) 000145106 Ask Staff -- Duplicate Available -

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