The Girls of Atomic City: The Secret History of the Women Who Built WWII's Most Powerful Weapon
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781451617542 (1451617542)
Publish date: March 5th 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
An Amazing Read!!! This book takes us back in time and shows us the roles of several types of women in Oak Ridge, TN. We get a clear understanding of their hardships and how adaptable they are in less than ideal situations in a town that was growing faster than it's ability to accommendate the grow ...
An Amazing Read!!! This book takes us back in time and shows us the roles of several types of women in Oak Ridge, TN. We get a clear understanding of their hardships and how adaptable they are in less than ideal situations in a town that was growing faster than it's ability to accommendate the grow ...
This book really made me feel as if I knew what it felt like to live and work at Oak Ridge in the lead-up to the glorious, horrible end of World War II. Although I could have used a bit more clarity in the chronology, and certain events felt glossed over, the focus on women's experiences both at Oak...
I've been in a WWII frame of mind lately and I had ordered this book a few months ago, so I snagged it from my Jenga-like TBR pile and cracked it open over the weekend. I'm not a feminist by almost anybody's definition, but I've always been eager to read more about how women picked up and carried ...
Recenzji "Dziewczyn..." już sporo, ale naprawdę rzecz jest warta zainteresowania - to umiejętne połączenie małej i dużej historii. Opisanie wielkich wydarzeń poprzez relacje i świadectwa pojedynczych osób, sprawia, że nawet spore nagromadzenie informacji nie przeszkadza, a czytelnik na tyle zdąży po...