The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement
The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement by Dan O'Neill
English | November 6, 2007 | ISBN: 0465003486 | EPUB | 448 pages | 16.7 MB
English | November 6, 2007 | ISBN: 0465003486 | EPUB | 448 pages | 16.7 MB
In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast.
The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's landscape, his skill as a nature and science writer, and his determination to expose one of the most shocking chapters of the Nuclear Age.