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The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Denise Kiernan.

Kiernan, Denise. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410456472 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1410456471 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 655 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Subject: Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > History > 20th century.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Women employees > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > History > 20th century.
Women > Tennessee > Oak Ridge > Interviews.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Biography.
Uranium enrichment > History > 20th century.
Official secrets > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Hanover Libraries.

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Howe Library LT 976.873 KIE 31254003084692 Large type - Main floor Available -


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