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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Soft cover - 2020

by Higginbotham, Adam

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Simon & Schuster, 2020. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7. Simon & Schuster, 2020. Trade Paperback As New in matte printed wraps in gold and orange. Bright, clean, unmarked, solid book. Maps and photos. The harrowing story of the accident in the Soviet Union at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, and an investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the truth of one of the 20th century' greatest disasters. Adam Higginbotham brings this disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it first hand. Maps; Cast of Characters; Prologue; Epilogue; Author's Note; Glossary; Units of Radiation; Notes; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Index. 560 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches. 2020, Simon & Schuster
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  • Title Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
  • Author Higginbotham, Adam
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Date 2020
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 029890
  • ISBN 9781501134630 / 1501134639
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl,, Nuclear power plants - Accidents - Ukraine -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.179

About the author

Adam Higginbotham has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, and Smithsonian. He is the author of Midnight in Chernobyl, which was the winner of the William E. Colby Award and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. He lives with his family in New York City.

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