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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 / Dan O'Neill.

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

Content descriptions

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: Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.
Project Chariot.
Hydrogen bomb > Testing > Alaska > Thompson, Cape (North Slope Borough)
Nuclear excavation.
Nuclear weapons > United States > Testing > History.
Antinuclear movement > United States.
Inupiat > Alaska > History > 20th century.

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Homer Public Library AK 363.1799 ONE (Text) 000086765 Alaskana -- Nonfiction Available -
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