The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement

by O'Neill, Dan
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ISBN: 9780465003488
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In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's landscape, his skill as a nature and science writer, and his determination to expose one of the most shocking chapters of the Nuclear Age.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: O'Neill, Dan
  • ISBN: 9780465003488
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.50 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 448
  • Publication Year: 2007
Language: English

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