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The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451617528
- ISBN: 1451617526
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Genre: | NonFiction. Historical. Sociological. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | 976.8 KIE (Text) | 37884102376054 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | 976.8 KIE (Text) | 37884102336496 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Public Library | 976.873 KIE (Text) | 32512909303030 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Camdenton | 976.873 Kiernan (Text) | 31320003119893 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | 976.873 Kiernan (Text) | 31320003119851 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library District - Sunrise Beach | 976.873 Kiernan (Text) | 31320003355489 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cameron Public Library | NF HISTORY WW II 976 KIE (Text) | 32311111175613 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | 976.873 KIE (Text) | 33042004127596 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Carrollton Public Library | 976.8IE KIE (Text) | 30183000041604 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 976.87 KIE 2013 (Text) | 0002204324038 | Adult Non-Fiction | In transit | - |
