HERSEY, John. Hiroshima. 1946. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY 8 MEMBERS OF THE ENOLA GAY CREW.
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Jun 7, 2024
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HERSEY, John (1914-1993). Hiroshima. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
8vo. Original cloth (1" split at top front joint, rubbing, minor soiling at spine ends, soiling to front endpapers).
SIGNED BY EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE ENOLA GAY CREW INCLUDING PAUL TIBBETTS, GEORGE R. CARON, THOMAS W. FEREBEE, BOB LEWIS, JACOB BESER, MORRIS JEPPSON, DUTCH VAN KIRK, AND RICHARD NELSON.
FIRST EDITION. As one of the first Western journalists to visit the ruins of Hiroshima after the bombing, John Hersey was afforded a unique glimpse of its immediate effects upon the city and its people. The article and subsequent book he wrote described in great detail the horrors of the atomic bomb and is credited with helping to inspire the American public towards a more compassionate opinion of Japan and its people following the end of the Second World War.
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