![]() ![]() But on the bus this time is a veteran wounded in Middle East wars who is shocked to view the remains of his family's holdings in what had been acres of fruit trees. The settlers take their usual bus tour to view the ruins of their old town and farms in the closed area around the ghostly defunct Plant. The reunions are a time of nostalgic reminiscing for the families who were evicted to make way for the Hanford Atomic Plant in 1943. When newcomers arrive with urgent messages, the annual Hanford-White Bluffs Settlers' Reunion on the mid-Columbia River turns out to be more exciting than usual. ![]() Steve Olson, author of The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age ![]() Includes some wonderfully evocative writing about how globally significant events can affect the lives of everyday people." An intriguing novel about a little-known episode in American history. ![]()
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