Tales of Los Alamos: Life on the Mesa, 1943 1945
A charming, witty, and often insightful account of Los Alamos during the war years. The author's personal recollections... will delight the reader and provide surprising answers to some of the questions about what these people were doing up on the Hill. --Robert J. Torrez, New Mexico State HistorianBernice Brode peels away another layer of mystery surrounding the secret manhattan Project. In clear and colorful language, she tells what everyday life was like for the harried families of the scientisits J. Robert Oppenheimer gathered on the remote mesas of Los Alamos to help him complete his historymaking mission. Brode's riveting anecdotes put that mud-bogged era in clear perspective. She has a sharp memory, a homespun sense of humor, and a rare ability to lift the miraculous from the mundane. --Jon Bowman, editor, New Mexico Magazine