num_pages: 155
description: This award-winning collection moves from the dark and technically astonishing title essay—on growing up within the confines of a huge Army arsenal in Ohio—to reflections on mountain hikes, limestone quarries, and fathers teaching their sons.
language: English
title: The Paradise of Bombs
titlecomplete: The Paradise of Bombs
genres: Essays, Memoir, Nonfiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 118
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Sue William Silverman Prize in Creative Nonfiction
publisher: Beacon Press