The Girls of Atomic City...

The Girls of Atomic City...  I meant to write about this a few days ago, and just plain forgot.  This is another great book I finished earlier this week: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.  Other history books I've read had given me just a glimpse of the amazing story behind the Oak Ridge uranium and plutonium enrichment facility that played such a key role in the development of the atomic bomb.  This book filled in lots of fascinating detail about what it was actually like to be part of it.  I'd like to have seen more about the actual workings of the plant, but this book is excellent at conveying the human side of the story – mainly from the viewpoint of a number of women who actually did work there.  I was engrossed from the very first page, and when I finished, I wanted more...that's not that common an occurrence with history books :)