Our first atom bomb : an all-American story / Frederick Borsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borsch, Frederick Houk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enola Gay (Bomber)--Fiction.

Enola Gay (Bomber).

Bombardiers.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Fiction.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan).

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Personal narratives.

Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Interviews.

Bombardiers--United States--Fiction.

United States.

Genre:

Fiction.

Personal narratives.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

v, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : iUniverse, 2009.

Summary:

"What could it have been like to press the switch that dropped the world's first atomic bomb? What might have been going through the head of the all-American young man who had that responsibility on the Enola Gay? Complete with interviews with people like Colonel Paul Tibbets and those who knew Curtis LeMay and Tokyo Rose, this re-creation tells of the entire six hours that the mission took, from take-off at Tinian to that awesome moment over Hiroshima." --Cover p. [4].

Notes:

"While many of the details and names of the mission of the Enola Gay used here are part of history, this is a story of what might have been. The book, primarily with respect to the bombardier, but also in regard to many of the words and thoughts of others, is a work of the imagination." --Foreword p. 5.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

1440170193

9781440170195

1440170215

9781440170218

OCLC:

620143599