Hiroshima

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On August 6, 1945, the first Atomic bomb is dropped from an American plane on the 245000 residents of Hiroshima. Most of the city destroyed and thousand of its inhabitant die. Some of his citizens survive and suffer the debilitating effects of terrible burns and radiation illness. During the evening of August 6, the survivors struggle to endure and help each other. The city is a ball of flame and the park is filled with radiation rain and whirlwinds. The injured and dying are so numerous that the doctors no longer help the badly injured because they are not going to survive. This book, John Hersey’s journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity". The 31,000 word article was published later the same year by Alfred A. Knopf as a book. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- John Hersey (1914-1993) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism. Before writing Hiroshima, Hersey had been a war correspondent in the field, writing for life magazine and "The New Yorker". He followed troops during the invasion of both Italy and Sicily during World War-II. Hersey was one of the first Western journalists to view the ruins of Hiroshima after the bombing. Shortly before writing "Hiroshima", Hersey published his novel of "Men and War", an account of war stories seen through the eyes of soldiers rather than a war correspondent. The Title ‘Hiroshima written/authored/edited by John Hersey’, published in the year 2017. The ISBN 9789351285519 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 120 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History / Military / Weapons & Warfare / Nuclear..POD.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Hersey

John Hersey is masterful in his description and accounts of (6) persons who survived the A-bomb and their memories of the event. The initial story is the day of the bombing, August 6th,1945, and the descriptions, details and accounts of survivors is extremely graphic. The (6) survivors are a Jesuit priest, a surgeon, a desk clerk, a Methodist pastor, a Doctor and a tailor's widow. They were each terrorized by the explosion and mass destruction, but showed exemplary courage to survive, help others and recall the day's tragic timeline. Over 80,000 people died initially from the blast, and 20,000+ died in the days after from radiation sickness and explosive trauma or injuries sustained. The author returned to the city forty years later to interview those same (6) survivors and updates readers on their lives since that fateful day. Each survivor had a tinge of survivor's guilt, but displayed courage and perseverance in moving forward with their lives. The fate of each survivor is described in the final chapter. It is emotionally moving and terribly heart-wrenching listening to the graphic details of death, destruction and horrible burn/blast injuries sustained by inhabitants of this large, industrial city in southern Japan. George Guidall is the narrator and is magnificent in his rendering of the pages of this fine work. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who wishes to learn more about the first A-bomb dropped on a major population center, and it's subsequent aftermath. It is detailed, painfully graphic and very touching to hear the survivor's accounts. Notice to listeners: Extremely graphic detail of human burn injuries and blast trauma.