The House at Otowi Bridge; The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos
by Peggy Pond Church
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0826302815
- ISBN 13
- 9780826302816
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$16.63CA$11.64
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About This Item
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 1988. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 9th Printing. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edge bumping and rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 149 pp 8vo. This is the story of Edith Warner, Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso Pueblo, their friend Peggy Pond Church, the atomic scientists, and many others who were touched directly by the extraordinary happenings on anciently-inhabited Pajarito Plateau during the development of the atom bombs at Los Alamos, NM. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016267
- Title
- The House at Otowi Bridge; The Story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos
- Author
- Peggy Pond Church
- Illustrator
- Connie Fox Boyd
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0826302815
- ISBN 13
- 9780826302816
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Place of Publication
- Albuquerque, NM
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Atom Bombs, Los Alamos NM, World War II, Robert Oppenheimer, Edith Warner, Otowi Bridge, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Trinity Site, atomic energy, Niels Bohr, atomic scientists,
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Mexico Related; Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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