The Firecracker Boys The Firecracker Boys

The Firecracker Boys

H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement

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Publisher Description

In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's landscape, his skill as a nature and science writer, and his determination to expose one of the most shocking chapters of the Nuclear Age.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2015
June 23
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Basic Books
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
20.5
MB
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