Atomic Farmgirl: Growing Up Right in the Wrong Place
- ISBN-10
- 0618302417
- ISBN-13
- 9780618302413
- Category
- Ionizing radiation
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Teri Hein
Description
From Flag Day parades to Cold War duck-and-cover drills, "Atomic Farmgirl" chronicles a peculiar coming of age for a young girl and her community, whose way of life--and livelihood--are gradually threatened by the dispersions of nuclear waste. Includes a new Foreword and Epilogue by the author.
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