| Los Alamos: 1944-1947 Contributor(s): Michnovicz Gibson, Toni (Author), Michnovicz, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 153161597X ISBN-13: 9781531615970 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 978.958 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Forever linked with World War II and America's entrance into the Atomic Age, Los Alamos was a small ranching community and the site of an exclusive boys' school until 1943. As the Manhattan Project unfolded, Pvt. J.J. Michnovicz--first assigned to Los Alamos as a photographer by the military but later working as a civilian--recorded the everyday spirit of the people and the events that shaped this mountain town into a home . . . and secret scientific hotbed. This comprehensive view of the social and professional world of Los Alamos is the photographic journal of a singular period, as seen through the eyes of one soldier. |