The Last Train from Hiroshima

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 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...

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...