Standing by and Making Do: Women of Wartime Los Alamos

Book Overview

Nine women residents described in 1946 their lives in Los Alamos while the atomic bomb was being developed. The shock of arrival, housing conditions, security and secrecy, medical care, relations with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941232085
• ISBN13: 9780941232081
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Bathrub Row Pr
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating Perspective

The nine authors who each tackle a chapter provide a unique and fascinating insight into life, and more specifically, women's life at Los Alamos. This book is a must read for those interested in the cultural and social aspects of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

a marvelous compilation of reminiscences

This book, originally compiled during the early postwar years at Los Alamos, consists of reminiscences, letters, and essays by representative women who devoted their lives to the Los Alamos experience during World War II. A unique description of the Manhattan Project, it remains one of those disarming pieces of historical literature that make history such an engrossing field to wander into.