Provides an account of the three weeks leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945 as experienced by American servicemen, Japanese soldiers and civilians, and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project.
Details the events and aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, based on eyewitness accounts from survivors like Tsutomu Tamaguchi, who survived ground zero in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
the story of Sadako Sasaki and her struggle with the A-bomb disease
Nasu, Masamoto
1991
Chronicles the life of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who, after the bombing of Hiroshima, turned the paper crane into a symbol of peace, before dying of A-bomb disease at age twelve.
