The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0465097529
- ISBN-13
- 9780465097524
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-23
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Dan O'Neill
Description
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.
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