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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
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to
75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York
City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not appear
on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from
small towns across the U.S., were recruited to this secret city,
enticed by the promise of solid wages and war-ending work. What
were they actually doing there? Very few knew. The purpose of
this mysterious government project was kept a secret from the
outside world and from the majority of the residents themselves.
Some wondered why, despite the constant work and round-the-clock
activity in this makeshift town, did no tangible product of any
kind ever seem to leave its guarded gates? The women who kept
this town running would find out at the end of the war, when Oak
Ridge's secret was revealed and changed the world forever.
Condition Information
This is a used book.
Good condition.
Condition Description
Several pages (under 5) have pencil notes. Several dog-eared page corners. Sound binding. Covers are worn
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