Article: Scheibach, Michael Atomic Narratives and American Youth: Coming of Age with the Atom, 1945-1955.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company 294 pp., $35.00, ISBN 0-7864-1566-5 Publication Date: January 2003

Going to school in 1960s Chicago, I experienced the monthly "tornado drills" that caused us to seek shelter in the underground passageways of my grammar school. Looking back now, I realize that "tornado" was merely a nicer way of saying "air-raid" drill. Over thirty-five years later, I can still see the fallout shelter sign clearer than I did when it hovered over my crouched schoolboy head.

After reading Michael Scheibach's skillfully written work--which could find a home both in the college classroom and on a person's summer reading list--I could ...

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