Description: "Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30, 1945," by Michihiko Hachiya M.D. First edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published in 1955. Translated and edited by Warner Wells, M.D. Hachiya was the director of an important Hiroshima when the United States dropped on atomic bomb on the city on Aug. 6, 1945. He wrote about the aftermath of the bombing and the complex problems of running a medical facility while comforting and inspiring his fellow sufferers. Robert Oppenheimer said of it: "I have read it through at a sitting. ... It is a simple and unpretentious account og compassion, sorrow and great courage." Endpapers illustrated with maps of Hiroshima. With a postscript and glossary, 238 pages. I pack carefully and ship promptly, free via USPS Media Mail.
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Language: English
Signed: No
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Michihiko Hachiya M.D.
Personalized: No
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Topic: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Subject: History, autobiography
Year Printed: 1955
Original/Facsimile: Original
