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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813847003321

Autore

Pellegrino Charles R

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-5983-3

1-4422-5059-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Disciplina

940.54/2521954092

Soggetti

Atomic bomb victims - Japan - Hiroshima-shi

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 Personal narratives, Japanese

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) Biography

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published under title: The last train from Hiroshima. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.To Hell and Back offers readers a stunning, "you are there" time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.At the narrative's core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions fi