Days That Shook The World: Hiroshima

Author: Jason Hook

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Price : 19.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780750235723
Publisher : hodch
Imprint : hodch
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Weight (g) : 0.217
Publication date : 15 May 2003
Dimensions : 265mm X 220mm X 5mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Jason Hook
Series : Days That Shook the World S.
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Dewey classification : 940.5425
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Pages : 48
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Description

Describes the bombing of Hiroshima in moment-by-moment detail. This work looks at the lead up to the day, explaining how and why it came about and the implications of what happened in the context of 20th century history. It also includes real life accounts in moment-in-time boxes which act as a freeze frame of people's thoughts and emotions.

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'...this interesting and informative collection.' -- Evening Echo 20020928

Author description

Jason Hook works as an editor in educational publishing and has written a large number of history and biography titles for children. His interest in Hiroshima began with a set of photographs which his great-uncle purchased in the devastated city in 1946.

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