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The Girls of Atomic City. The Untold Guide ...

Category: History: U.S.: 20th Century


Author: Denise Kiernan


Copyright/published Year: 2013 by Touchstone (S&S)


ISBN: 1451617534


Binding: trade pap


Description:
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to ì 75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York ì City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not appear ì on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from ì small towns across the U.S., were recruited to this secret city, ì enticed by the promise of solid wages and war-ending work. What ì were they actually doing there? Very few knew. The purpose of ì this mysterious government project was kept a secret from the ì outside world and from the majority of the residents themselves. ì Some wondered why, despite the constant work and round-the-clock ì activity in this makeshift town, did no tangible product of any ì kind ever seem to leave its guarded gates? The women who kept ì this town running would find out at the end of the war, when Oak ì Ridge's secret was revealed and changed the world forever.


This is a used book and is in Good condition.


Additional condition description

Several pages (under 5) have pencil notes. Several dog-eared page corners. Sound binding. Covers are worn


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