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Surviving Hiroshima - A Young Woman's Story (Paperback)
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Surviving Hiroshima - A Young Woman's Story (Paperback)
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On August 6, 1945, 22-year-old Kaleria Palchikoff was doing
pre-breakfast chores when a blinding flash lit the sky over
Hiroshima, Japan. A moment later, everything went black as the
house collapsed on her and her family. Their world, and everyone
else's, changed as the first atomic bomb was detonated over a city.
From Russian nobility, the Palchikoff's barely escaped death at the
hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries until her father, a White
Russian officer, hijacked a ship to take them to safety in
Hiroshima. Safety was short lived. Her father, a talented musician,
established a new life for the family, but the outbreak of World
War II created a cloud of suspicion that led to his imprisonment
and years of deprivation for his family. After the bombing, trapped
in the center of previously unimagined devastation, Kaleria
summoned her strength to come to the aid of bomb victims, treating
the never-before seen effects of radiation. Fluent in English,
Kaleria was soon recruited to work with Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
occupation forces in a number of secretarial positions until the
family found a new life in the United States. Heavily based on
quotes from Kaleria's memoirs written immediately after World War
II, and transcripts of United States Army Air Force interviews with
her.
General
Imprint: |
Boutique of Quality Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Anthony Drago
• Douglas Wellman
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
292 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60808-236-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-60808-236-9 |
Barcode: |
9781608082360 |
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