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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
The Girls of Atomic City The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Denise Kiernan, Cassandra Campbell (Narrator) In 1943 the United States government recruited thousands of young women from across the country to work at "Site X," a city that, as far as the rest of the world knew, didn't exist. Told only what they were required to know to perform their individual jobs, and working in ignorance of their ultimate purpose, they had a front-r... more »ow seat to history... but their stories haven't been told until now. The Girls of Atomic City weaves interviews with the last surviving members of this unique sisterhood into a full portrait of Oak Ridge, Tennessee -- from the unlikely romances that sprang up between workers and the military personnel stationed with them, to the chilling mantle of secrecy that hung over a place ringed by watchtowers and guided by the maxim, "What you do here, What you see here, What you hear here, please let it stay here."
Drawing on a wealth of original research, this extraordinary bestseller recounts the incredible true story about a city not found on any map and the women who lived and worked there in complete secrecy to help create the weapon designed to end World War II.
Unabridged recording narrated by Cassandra Campbell, 11 CDs, 13 hours.« less