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Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer Publisher: Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperbac ISBN: 9780804726207 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 376
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Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) is one of the few American scientists who have become public and controversial figures in the twentieth century. This book adds a new dimension to the Oppenheimer story by offering a look at the private man behind the public figure. It consists of letters spanning the period from his Harvard student days in 1922 to his departure from Los Alamos in 1945. The letters are supplemented by recollections of those who knew Oppenheimer and by his own recollections from an interview a few years before his death. 'A beautifully organized collection of letters and reminiscences ... The editors have interviewed those who knew and worked with him, stirred in the necessary explanatory background, and produced an account, both scholarly and highly readable, which throws fresh light on a man who will probably always remain something of an enigma. Amid devotional defense and almost rabid attack, their book is a model of objectivity.' New York Times Book RevieW 'An intimate, carefully documented, and honest book.'
Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer Publisher: Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperbac ISBN: 9780804726207 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 376
Book Description
Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) is one of the few American scientists who have become public and controversial figures in the twentieth century. This book adds a new dimension to the Oppenheimer story by offering a look at the private man behind the public figure. It consists of letters spanning the period from his Harvard student days in 1922 to his departure from Los Alamos in 1945. The letters are supplemented by recollections of those who knew Oppenheimer and by his own recollections from an interview a few years before his death. 'A beautifully organized collection of letters and reminiscences ... The editors have interviewed those who knew and worked with him, stirred in the necessary explanatory background, and produced an account, both scholarly and highly readable, which throws fresh light on a man who will probably always remain something of an enigma. Amid devotional defense and almost rabid attack, their book is a model of objectivity.' New York Times Book RevieW 'An intimate, carefully documented, and honest book.'
Author: K. Collins Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137087668 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 305
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Spanning her entire life, the fully annotated selections in this volume include well known recollections of the great Victorian novelist plus a large assortment not found in her biographies. Altogether they provide a fresh, vivid, and sometimes startling portrait of a controversial genius.
Author: Laurence Harwood Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830834982 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 150
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Laurence Harwood presents his memories and interactions with godfather C. S. Lewis, spanning Harwood's early boyhood to young adulthood. This book contributes to a more complete portrait of Lewis and focuses on Lewis's friendships with a boy and his father.
Author: Minoru Masuda Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 0295800445 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 224
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This is the first collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters describe a soldier's daily life. Minoru Masuda was born and raised in Seattle. In 1939 he earned a master's degree in pharmacology and married Hana Koriyama. Two years later the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, and Min and Hana were imprisoned along with thousands of other Japanese Americans. When the Army recruited in the relocation camp, Masuda chose to serve in the 442nd. In April 1944 the unit was shipped overseas. They fought in Italy and in France, where they liberated Bruyeres and rescued a "lost battalion" that had been cut off by the Germans. After the German surrender on May 3, 1945, Masuda was among the last of the original volunteers to leave Europe; he arrived home on New Year's Eve 1945. Masuda's vivid and lively letters portray his surroundings, his daily activities, and the people he encountered. He describes Italian farmhouses, olive groves, and avenues of cypress trees; he writes of learning to play the ukulele with his "big, clumsy" fingers, and the nightly singing and bull sessions which continued throughout the war; he relates the plight of the Italians who scavenged the 442nd's garbage for food, and the mischief of French children who pelted the medics with snowballs. Excerpts from the 442nd daily medical log provide context for the letters, and Hana interposes brief recollections of her experiences. The letters are accompanied by snapshots, a drawing made in the field, and three maps drawn by Masuda.
Author: Robert E. Lee Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing ISBN: 9780760759196 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 434
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Just as its subject, General Robert E. Lee, was no ordinary man, The Recollections and Letters is no ordinary book. In defeat, the formal Confederate general became the personification of the South. This was a remarkable evolution for a man who in 1861 took up arms against the nation of his birth and subsequently led an army to a devastating end. Lee's transformation from defeated general to American hero was due in part to Robert E. Lee, Jr.'s, dedication to his father's memory. In 1904 the younger Lee produced The Recollections and Letters, a book made up primarily of the general's personal correspondence, much of which was written to his wife and children. The book provided touching insights into the general's family life, allowing readers to connect with him on a more human level. Any study of Robert E. Lee, the South, the Civil War, or American history is incomplete without The Recollections and Letters.
Author: Shen Congwen Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476774943 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 187
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Recollections of Western Hunan is a collection of the letters and essays of Chinese novelist Shen Congwen. Describing his childhood and life in Western Hunan between 1902 and 1937, this collection paints a vivid picture of both the idyllic beauty and turmoil of life in a province once known as the “bandit area,” a countryside shrouded in mystery, mysticism, and chaos.
Author: Spencer Bruskin Publisher: ISBN: 9781520734859 Category : Languages : en Pages : 662
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Bob Bruskin had a varied career as a newspaper reporter, army intelligence officer and foreign service officer. Kathleen Bruskin was a professional artist and teacher. The couple exchanged hundreds of letters, particularly during World War II, most of which Kathleen preserved. Bob later recorded the story of his life and his adventures beginning with his youth in New York's Lower East Side. Their son has used their own voices in their letters and recollections to weave their story into a unique history of the times and the events that influenced their lives.
Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author: John Murray Forbes
Author: K. Collins
Author: Laurence Harwood
Author: Minoru Masuda
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Author: Charles Bracelen Flood
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Author: Shen Congwen
Author: Spencer Bruskin