To hell and back : the last train from Hiroshima /

To hell and back : the last train from Hiroshima /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pellegrino, Charles R., author.
Uniform title:	Last train from Hiroshima
Imprint:	Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Description:	xv, 413 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945) World War (1939-1945) Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Biography. Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi. Forensic archaeology -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi. Atomic bomb -- Social aspects. Atomic bomb victims. Forensic archaeology. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Biography. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945. Japan -- Hiroshima-shi. Biography. History. Personal narratives -- Japanese.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10360911

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ISBN:	9781442250581 1442250585
Notes:	Originally published under title: The last train from Hiroshima. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Foreword
1. The Killing Star
2. Gojira's Egg
3. Setsuko
4. And the Rest Were Neutrinos
5. The Crazy Iris
6. Kaiten and the Faithful Elephants
7. A Vapor in the Heavens
8. Threads
9. Testament
10. Legacy: To Fold a Thousand Paper Cranes
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author