The wives of Los Alamos
(Large Print)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2014.
ISBN
9781628990553, 1628990554
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Elmwood Park Public Library - Large Type | LT FICTION NESBIT, T. | On Shelf |
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora - Adult Large Print Fiction | LP F NESBIT | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Atomic bomb -- Fiction.
Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
Married women -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Fiction.
Deception (Military science) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Los Alamos (N.M.) -- Fiction.
Married women -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Fiction.
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2014.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
224 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781628990553, 1628990554
Notes
Description
Their average age was twenty-five. They came from Berkeley, Cambridge, Paris, London and Chicago and arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure--or at least resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship in the desolate military town where everything was a secret--including what their husbands were doing at the lab. They lived in barely finished houses with a P.O. Box for an address, in a town wreathed with barbed wire, all for the benefit of "the project" that didn't exist as far as the greater world was concerned. They were constrained by words they couldn't say out loud, the letters they couldn't send home, the freedom they didn't have. Though they were strangers, they joined together. Babies were born, friendships were forged and children grew up. But then "the project" was unleashed and even bigger challenges faced the women of Los Alamos, as they struggled with the burden of their contribution towards the creation of the most destructive force in mankind's history--the atomic bomb. Contentious, gripping and intimate, The Wives of Los Alamos is a personal tale of one of the most momentous events in our history.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nesbit, T. (2014). The wives of Los Alamos (Center Point Large Print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nesbit, TaraShea. 2014. The Wives of Los Alamos. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nesbit, TaraShea. The Wives of Los Alamos Center Point Large Print, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nesbit, TaraShea. The Wives of Los Alamos Center Point Large Print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2014.
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