Oak Ridge and Atomic Nostalgia
by
Lindsey A. Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Longing for the Bomb traces the unusual story of the first atomic city and the emergence of American nuclear culture. Tucked into the folds of Appalachia and kept off all commercial maps, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created for the Manhattan Project by the U.S. government in the 1940s. Its workers labored...