Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
979.100497/PASTERNAK,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Free Press, 2010
EDITION
First Free Press hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781416594826, 1416594825, 1416594825 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prologue: S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush -- pt. I. The patriarch -- Discovery -- The special rocks -- The secret quest -- Jumping on the king -- pt. II. The son -- Fear and frenzy -- The power of łeetso -- Cold War -- The obstacle -- A hundred tons a day -- Endings -- Toxic legacy -- pt. III. The grandchildren -- Aftermath -- Fallout -- Avalanche of suspicion -- A blind eye and a deaf ear -- pt. IV. The great-grandchildren -- Death and awakening -- "Hear our voices" -- Under scrutiny from every angle -- Resistance -- Ghosts -- Beginnings -- Epilogue: The steeple