Hiroshima
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Format:
Book
Edition:
Second Vintage Books edition., New edition.
Physical Desc:
196 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
1190L
Rating:
1190L
Status:
Description
This "is the story of six people--a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest--who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history ... Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed"--Back cover.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
East Haddam/Rathbun A Adult Nonfiction
940.54 HER
On Shelf
Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
940.5425/HER
On Shelf
Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction
940.5425 HERSEY
Due May 25, 2024
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593082362, 0593082362
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8.4, 9 Points
Level 8.4, 9 Points
Lexile measure:
1190
Notes
General Note
First published in The New Yorker, August 1946.
General Note
"A new edition with a final chapter written forty years after the explosion."
Description
This "is the story of six people--a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest--who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history ... Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed"--Back cover.
Target Audience
1190L,Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Hersey, J. (2020). Hiroshima. Second Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hersey, John, 1914-1993. 2020. Hiroshima. New York, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hersey, John, 1914-1993, Hiroshima. New York, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Second Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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