nagasaki-shi

"Shares the true story of a young girl who survived the atomic bomb and chronicles her long journey to find peace."--Publisher.

"Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--Provided by publisher.

"Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--Provided by the publisher.

Tells the true story of six'year'old Sachiko Yasui's miraculous survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath.

August 5, 1942, began like any other day for six-year-old Sachiko. Her country was at war, she didn't have enough to eat. At 11:01 a.m., she was playing outdoors with four other children. Moments later, those children were all dead. An atomic bomb had exploded just half a mile away.

"In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War"--Back cover.

Follows five teens from Nagasaki, Japan, in the days, months, and years following the city's atomic bombing in World War II. Draws on a decade of interviews with survivors, historians, physicians, and specialists to illustrate the impact of nuclear war.

A pediatrician's memoir of studying the effects of nuclear radiation on children after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.