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To hell and back : the last train from Hiroshima  Cover Image Book Book

To hell and back : the last train from Hiroshima / Charles Pellegrino.

Summary:

Draws on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the science of forensic archaeology to describe the events and aftermath of two days in August 1945 when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever. --Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781442250581
  • ISBN: 1442250585
  • Physical Description: xv, 413 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published under title: The last train from Hiroshima. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The killing star -- Gojira's egg -- Setsuko -- And the rest were neutrinos -- The crazy iris -- Kaiten and the faithful elephants -- A vapor in the heavens -- Threads -- Testament -- Legacy: to fold a thousand paper cranes.
Subject: Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Biography.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Biography.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Forensic archaeology > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Atomic bomb > Social aspects.
Atomic bomb victims.
Forensic archaeology.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Genre: Biography.
History.
Personal narratives > Japanese.

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