Children of Los Alamos : an oral history of the town where the atomic age began /

Children of Los Alamos : an oral history of the town where the atomic age began /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mason, Katrina R.
Imprint:	New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1995.
Description:	xiv, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Twayne's oral history series no. 19
Subject:	Atomic bomb -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- History. Children -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Biography. Atomic bomb. Children. Travel. Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Description and travel. New Mexico -- Los Alamos. Oral histories. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2492813

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ISBN:	(hc : alk. paper) 0805791396 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. The Secret Project
2. Arriving at P.O. Box 1663
3. Three Naval Officers and a Child's Secret
4. Diversions and Safe Havens
5. The Little Green Schoolhouse
6. Two Views from Bathtub Row
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Teenagers' Perspectives
9. Nella's Circle
10. The Cat Screamed All Night
11. The War Ends
12. From Soldier to Civilian
13. Arriving after the War - and Again Decades Later
14. Three Friends
15. "Atomic Bomb, Atomic Bomb"
16. The Spy, the H-bomb, and the Hearing
17. A Hat to Remember
18. The Lure of the Land
19. Coming of Age in the 1960s: Vietnam, the Environment, and Civil Rights
20. You Can Go Home Again, But ...