While this book does not entirely consist of photographs, they do
make up the majority of the book. It includes photos from Los Alamos,
Oakridge and Hanford, all secret locations of the Manhattan Project,
which cumulated in the construction of the world’s first atomic bomb.
After reading a few books on the topic, this one was nice in that it
provided a sizable photographic glimpse into that world. If you are not
too familiar with the project, then the book does fill you in the major
people, places, and events involved. Also included at the back is a time
line, a glossary and a section for biographies and profiles of certain
people involved. I found it interesting that the book points out that so
many people associate the image of the mushroom cloud with the atomic
bomb project, however to so many on the inside, it was daily life for
years, not just a single moment and as a result of that these photos are
very diverse. They portray daily life at the three locations showing
the interior of the prefab homes, people at work in the factories at
Oakridge or the labs in Los Alamos. There were families and children and
social life among the work that are shown all together here with the
more familiar photos of the ground zeros in Japan and the inner workings
of the bomb parts, the planes used to transport the bombs and so on. As
I’ve discovered in my reading on the subject, there’s always more to
this story because it’s so many stories wrapped into one. I recommend it
if you are at all interested in the Manhattan Project or World War Two.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try
The Girls of Atomic City, by Denise Kiernan [940.53 Kie], or
109 East Palace Place, by Jennet Conant 623.451 Con].]
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