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.
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Authors Toni Michnovicz Gibson and Jon Michnovicz have sifted through their father's remarkable snapshots of the sleepy town that just happened to be the epicenter of the Manhattan Project. With official government portraits, documentation of award ceremonies, and Michnovicz's own photographic perusings of this unique western town, Los Alamos: 1944-1947 examines everyday life during this extraordinary era in the community's history.
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It is October 1944, and the whole world is at war. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, New Mexico, John Michnovicz, Robert Oppenheimer, Fuller Lodge, Enrico Fermi, Norris Bradbury, Tech Area, Los Cuatros, San Ildefonso, Atomic Energy Commission, Joe Gluth, Elmer Donor, Frijoles Canyon, Leslie Groves, Pajarito Plateau, General Groves, New Mexican, Service Club, University of California, Bandelier National Monument, Lab Photo Group, Maria Martinez, Nobel Prize New!
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Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, New Mexico, John Michnovicz, Robert Oppenheimer, Fuller Lodge, Enrico Fermi, Norris Bradbury, Tech Area, Los Cuatros, San Ildefonso, Atomic Energy Commission, Joe Gluth, Elmer Donor, Frijoles Canyon, Leslie Groves, Pajarito Plateau, General Groves, New Mexican, Service Club, University of California, Bandelier National Monument, Lab Photo Group, Maria Martinez, Nobel Prize New!
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- Guide to Bandelier National Monument by Dorothy Hoard in Back Matter
- Los Alamos: The First Forty Years by Fern Lyon in Back Matter
- When Los Alamos Was a Ranch School by Fermor Church in Back Matter
- Robert Oppenheimer (The Los Almos Story, 2) by Judy Gursky (editor) on page 115
- Manhattan District History: Nonscientific Aspects of Los by Kasha V. Thayer in Back Matter
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