1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 2010 , Hardcover with the dust jacket, 367 page book with some black & white drawing , maps. A very scarce 1st. edition 1st and only printing. All copies of this book where sent back and taken off the store shelf and returned to the publisher . Condition : NEW. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

THE LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA :The Survivors Look Back

Publisher

Henry Holt & Co., New York

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

0805087966

ISBN 13

9780805087963

Binding

Hardcover

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Author

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

New

Dust Jacket Condition

New

Book Type

Book

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Synopsis

"Last Train from Hiroshima" offers readers a stunning 'you are there' time capsule, gracefully wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino's scientific authority and close relationship with the bomb's survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written. At the narrative's core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand - the Japanese civilians on the ground and the American flyers in the air. Thirty people are known to have fled Hiroshima for Nagasaki - where they arrived just in time to survive the second bomb. One of them, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the only person who experienced the full effects of the cataclysm at ground zero both times. The second time, the blast effects were diverted around the stairwell in which Yamaguchi had been standing, placing him and a few others in a shock cocoon that offered protection, while the entire building disappeared around them. Pellegrino weaves spellbinding stories together within an illustrated narrative that challenges the 'official report', showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and why.

About the Author

Charles Pellegrino is co-author of the bestseller The Jesus Family Tomb. He is the author of nineteen books, including Her Name, Titanic, and Ghosts of the Titanic, which James Cameron used as major sources for his blockbuster movie Titanic and the Imax film Ghosts of the Abyss. Pellegrino has a PhD in zoology and has contributed to many popular magazines, including Science and Smithsonian. He lives in New York City.

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