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Hiroshima

By John Hersey

By John Hersey

By John Hersey

By John Hersey

By John Hersey

By John Hersey

By John Hersey
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By John Hersey
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Mar 04, 1989 | ISBN 9780679721031 *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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    About Hiroshima

    On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).

    Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told.  His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

    About Hiroshima

    Hiroshima 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. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. 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. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

    About Hiroshima

    On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).

    Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told.  His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

    About Hiroshima

    On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).

    Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told.  His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

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    About John Hersey

    John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several… More about John Hersey

    About John Hersey

    John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several… More about John Hersey

    About John Hersey

    John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several… More about John Hersey

    About John Hersey

    John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several… More about John Hersey

    Product Details

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | World War II Military History | Asian World History

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.95
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 04, 1989 | 160 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780679721031

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | World War II Military History | Asian World History

    Paperback | $12.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 23, 2020 | 112 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780593082362

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | World War II Military History | Asian World History

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 05, 2019 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780593080696

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | World War II Military History | Asian World History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 17, 2019 | 324 Minutes | ISBN 9780593163320

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    Praise

    “Nothing can be said about this book that can equal what the book has to say. It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity.” —The New York Times

    “One of the great classics of the war.” —The New Republic

    “Everyone able to read should read it.” —Saturday Review of Literature
     

    Awards

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER

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