The girls of Atomic City: the untold story of the women who helped win World War II
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New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013., New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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Book
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1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc:
xvii, 373 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Description
The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb.
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English
ISBN:
9781451617528 (hardcover), 1451617526 (hardcover), 9781451617535 (pbk.)
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General Note
"A Touchstone Book"
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-347) and index.
Description
The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb.
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LC Subjects
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Biography.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Official secrets -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Uranium enrichment -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- Interviews.
Women employees -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Official secrets -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Uranium enrichment -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- Interviews.
Women employees -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Kiernan, D. (2013). The girls of Atomic City: the untold story of the women who helped win World War II. 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kiernan, Denise. 2013. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kiernan, Denise, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kiernan, Denise. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II. 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Revelation, August 1945 -- Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 -- Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934 -- Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938 -- Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942 -- Only temporary : spring into summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product -- To work. Tubealloy : the couriers -- Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press -- The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944 -- The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year -- Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring -- Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945 -- Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945 -- The gadget revealed -- Dawn of a thousand suns -- Life in the new age. | |
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