When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men women and children, a new era in human history opened. Written a mere year after the disaster, this work offers a heart rending account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. Forty years later, John Hersey returned to Hiroshima to discover how the same six people had struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease. His long new chapter, which also considers the dramatic proliferation of nuclear weaponry since the war, provides a devastating picture of the long term effects of one very small bomb.
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : Library Binding
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2006 : Leather Bound
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October 1999 : Library Binding
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September 1994 : Hardback
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June 1994 : Hardback
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December 1991 : Hardback
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December 1989 : Hardback
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March 1989 : Hardback
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January 1986 : Hardback
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August 1985 : Hardback
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1985 : Hardback
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1983 : Leather Bound
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1979 : Hardback
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1976 : Hardback
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1963 : Hardback
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1961 : Hardback
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1959 : Hardback
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1944 : Hardback
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December 2010 : Paperback
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December 2009 : Paperback
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May 2009 : Paperback
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July 2002 : Paperback
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February 2002 : Paperback
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January 2001 : Paperback
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1999 : Paperback
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July 1995 : Paperback
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April 1995 : Paperback
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1995 : Paperback
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September 1990 : Paperback
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March 1989 : Mass Market Paperback
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November 1986 : Paperback
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September 1986 : Paperback
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September 1986 : Paperback
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1986 : Paperback
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1977 : Paperback
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February 1972 : Paperback
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August 1946 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
2009 : Audio CD
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March 2007 : Audio CD
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October 2005 : Audio CD
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December 1995 : Audio Cassette
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January 1988 : Audio Cassette
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1985 : Audio Cassette
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1982 : Audio Cassette
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May 1981 : Audio Cassette
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