Barbara A. Witte
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The Girls of Atomic City
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,935
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,641
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,630
At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians - many of them young women from small towns across the South - were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important story of this secret city
- De CBlox en 11-14-13
- The Girls of Atomic City
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Revisado: 07-27-21
Retirement is a wonderful thing. You have time to read about subjects that interest you. Those subjects, for me, have always been about HISTORY OF ALL KINDS. Since my dad, from Tennessee, was in the Pacific Theater of War during WWII, this topic has always been number one. Diane Kiernan captured the personalities and the roots of the people from all over the US who traveled to Tennessee to work at THE SECRET CITY of Oakridge. Further she told the story of a first— the invention of the bombs, the surrender of the Japanese, and the end of World War II. GREAT BOOK. Thank you so much.
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Unknown Valor
- A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
- De: Martha MacCallum
- Narrado por: Martha MacCallum
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 475
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 414
In honor of the 75th anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito - among them, a member of her own family, Harry Gray.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a storyteller
- De Kathleen F Gallop en 02-27-20
- Unknown Valor
- A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
- De: Martha MacCallum
- Narrado por: Martha MacCallum
Thank you for your service, Martha MacCallum
Revisado: 09-10-20
Author Martha MacCallum wrote and read UNKNOWN VALOR with the attention to detail the subject deserves. The research done for this book had to have taken many months. Martha covered years of WWII history and personal stories with sensitivity for the families and friends of those who served our country and the world.
My family and I listened to the book while driving. Martha’s voice and detailed explanations of events and relationships made listening to a book a great opportunity to learn while traveling. Thank you, Martha.
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The Most They Ever Had
- De: Rick Bragg
- Narrado por: Rick Bragg
- Duración: 4 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 638
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 570
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 571
In 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills had come to the edge of all they had ever been. Across the South, padlocks and chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill still bit, shook, and roared. The mill had become almost a living thing, and they served it even as it filled their lungs with lint and shortened their lives. In return, it let them live in stiff-necked dignity in the hills of their fathers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story.
- De Barbara A. Witte en 05-28-15
- The Most They Ever Had
- De: Rick Bragg
- Narrado por: Rick Bragg
Great story.
Revisado: 05-28-15
Rick Bragg knows the South and tells the story just as it was. Thank you sir.
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