4/26/13 ** Wow! This is history, but told with a strong narrative voice and attention to the quirks, strengths, and foibles of the characters involved. The book essentially follows three story lines - the Americans' and Germans' races to build an atomic bomb during WWII and the Russians attempt to ...
4/26/13 ** My new favorite author of history. Thanks Steve Sheinkin for leaving the "evil side" (author of text books), and joining the family of children's lit.This very interesting book about the overall arc of the American Revolution, with an emphasis on George Washington was fascinating. I am ...
4/16/13 ** Did you know there was a plot to steal Lincoln's remains with the intent to hold the body ransom for the release from prison of an expert engraver and counterfeit money maker? Read on!This is history with a light touch. Well researched and documented, but written with an eye to the story...
Read my full review: http://bit.ly/YCTEU0My opinion: What a ROCKIN' job Mr. Sheinkin did in presenting this incident in history! I must admit I had to take my mind to a 12 year old level; otherwise, it would have been a pretty simple read. I have always been fascinated by this event and he wrote ab...
Interesting, educational, terrifying - this book includes the ethics of science in war, cool spy secrets, and a chronology of bomb development that's pieced together masterfully. The chapter about the heavy water plant was my favorite. The brutality of war and the instability of our current nuclear...
Couldn't put it down. I would like to read historians' reviews to see how they think it stacks up and what the historiography looks like. But all the quality indicators are there--meticulous documentation of primary and secondary sources; and an unusual item--a source index for all quotations. So ma...
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