| Los Alamos: 1944-1947 Contributor(s): Michnovicz Gibson, Toni (Author), Michnovicz, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529737 ISBN-13: 9780738529738 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Forever linked with World War II and America's entrance into the Atomic Age, Los Alamos was a small ranching community and the site of an exclusive boys' school until 1943. As the Manhattan Project unfolded, Pvt. J.J. Michnovicz--first assigned to Los Alamos as a photographer by the military but later working as a civilian--recorded the everyday spirit of the people and the events that shaped this mountain town into a home . . . and secret scientific hotbed. This comprehensive view of the social and professional world of Los Alamos is the photographic journal of a singular period, as seen through the eyes of one soldier. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 978.958 |
| LCCN: 2004116966 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.68" W x 9.32" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Forever linked with World War II and America s entrance into the Atomic Age, Los Alamos was a small ranching community and the site of an exclusive boys school until 1943. As the Manhattan Project unfolded, Pvt. J.J. Michnovicz first assigned to Los Alamos as a photographer by the military but later working as a civilian recorded the everyday spirit of the people and the events that shaped this mountain town into a home . . . and secret scientific hotbed. This comprehensive view of the social and professional world of Los Alamos is the photographic journal of a singular period, as seen through the eyes of one soldier." |
Contributor Bio(s): Michnovicz Gibson, Toni: - Authors Toni Michnovicz Gibson and Jon Michnovicz have sifted through their father s remarkable snapshots of the sleepy town that just happened to be the epicenter of the Manhattan Project. With official government portraits, documentation of award ceremonies, and Michnovicz s own photographic perusings of this unique western town, Los Alamos: 1944 1947 examines everyday life during this extraordinary era in the community s history. |
