The Last Train from Hiroshima (Audiobook)

from pokarekareana

It isn't very often that a book leaves me feeling physically winded, but this was one of them. The basic premise is painfully simple; to recount the many different experiences of the nuclear bombardment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Others have tried; notably, John Hersey's excellent Hiroshi...

from MontzaleeW

The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back by Charles Pellegrino, Arthur Morey (Narrator) is a book that needs to be read by everyone. I have read several books about Hiroshima but I think this one is one of the best. It flows so well and covers so much- the science of the bomb (witho...

from LDMahr

Apparently there is some question as to the sources used for this book. I do not know the validity of the content but did find it compelling.

from jeanie1

Excellent history. Sometimes hard to read, due the the subject matter. Learned things about the war that I did not know such as the order to the Japanese people and the US Military to not discuss the bombing. Pellegrino did a good job of intertwining the horrors of bombing with the lives of the p...

from pokarekareana

It isn't very often that a book leaves me feeling physically winded, but this was one of them. The basic premise is painfully simple; to recount the many different experiences of the nuclear bombardment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Others have tried; notably, John Hersey's excellent Hiroshi...