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Atomic Farmgirl: The Betrayal of Chief Qualchan, the Appaloosa, and Me

by Teri Hein

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ISBN13: 9781555914431
ISBN10: 1555914438
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The Palouse Hills in eastern Washington State are known as home of the golden wheatlands. The region was forever changed by the dispersal of nuclear waste — accidental and intentional — from the Hanford Atomic Plant only 100 miles south. This wise, irreverent, and bittersweet story tells of a farmgirl's coming of age on a radioactive Prairie, and is, in Terry Tempest Williams's words, "searing and revelatory."
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Teri Hein grew up on a wheat farm in eastern Washington, where her great-grandparents originally homesteaded. In the years since she left home for college, she has led an adventurous life-teaching abroad, rafting the Grand Canyon, traveling to northwestern Pakistan to learn firsthand about the plight of Afghani women refugees and doing research in the Amazon Jungle.
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Cathy from Olympia, Washington, November 14, 2007 (view all comments by Cathy from Olympia, Washington)
As a transplant to Washington State, I never studied Washington history in school. (Although I am guessing that perhaps the local history so eloquently portrayed in Atomic Farmgirl is NOT found in typical Washington State history books). Atomic Farmgirl should be required reading in high school history classes, particularly in the Northwest-- Hein's book is haunting, sad, triumphant... and an amazing read! Those interested in local history, atomic history, biographies will not go wrong reading Atomic Farmgirl.
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ISBN:
9781555914431
Subtitle:
The Betrayal of Chief Qualchan, the Appaloosa, and Me
Author:
Hein, Teri
Publisher:
Fulcrum Group
Location:
Golden, Colo. :
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Washington (state)
Subject:
Regional Subjects - West
Subject:
Farmers & Ranchers
Subject:
Washington
Subject:
Farm life -- Washington (State)
Series Volume:
no. 00-E005
Publication Date:
July 2000
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.84x5.86x1.00 in. 1.00 lbs.
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