To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima

To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)

Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.

To Hell and Back offers readers a stunning, â€œyou are thereâ€ time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrinoâ€™s scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written.

At the narrativeâ€™s core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthandâ€”the Japanese civilians on the ground. As the first city targeted, Hiroshima is the focus of most histories. Pellegrino gives equal weight to the bombing of Nagasaki, symbolized by the thirty people who are known to have fled Hiroshima for Nagasakiâ€”where they arrived just in time to survive the second bomb. One of them, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the only person who experienced the full effects of both cataclysms within Ground Zero. The second time, the blast effects were diverted around the stairwell behind which Yamaguchiâ€™s office conference was convenedâ€”placing him and few others in a shock cocoon that offered protection while the entire building disappeared around them.

Pellegrino weaves spellbinding stories together within an illustrated narrative that challenges the â€œofficial report,â€ showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasakiâ€”and why.

Also available from compatible vendors is an enhanced e-book version containing never-before-seen video clips of the survivors, their descendants, and the cities as they are today. Filmed by the author during his research in Japan, these 18 videos are placed throughout the text, taking readers beyond the page and offering an eye-opening and personal way to understand how the effects of the atomic bombs are still felt 70 years after detonation.

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	42 black & white illustrations, 3 tables
ReleaseDate	2015-08-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781442250581

To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)

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