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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Contributor(s): Kiernan, Denise (Author)

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ISBN: 159413720X ISBN-13: 9781594137204
Publisher: Large Print Press

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2014

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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Military - World War Ii

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2012045467

Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.75 lbs) 653 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Sex & Gender - Feminine

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Large Print, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents

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Publisher Description:
THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC C ITY
AT THE HEIGHT OF WORLD WAR II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians--many of them young women from small towns across the South--were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war--when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.
Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it--women who are now in their eighties and nineties-- "The Girls of Atomic City "rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of "The Worst Hard Time "with the intimate biography and often troubling science of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," "The Girls of Atomic City "is a lasting and important addition to our country's history.

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