Atom Bombs; The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man
John Coster-Mullen, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Spiral bound. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 341, [1] pages. RARE. Decorative front cover. Clear plastic front cover sheet Contents include Trinity, Beginnings, Little Boy, Hiroshima, Fat Man, Nagasaki, Appendices: Project Alberta Tinian Team Members, Assigned Aircraft, Special Bombing Missions to Japan, Hiroshima Mission Plans and Crews, Nagasaki Mission Planes and Crews, Operation CROSSROADS Plane and Crew, Little Boy and Fat Man Units, 1945 Timetable, Bomb Display Locations, Illustrations. Documents, Bibliography. Sources, and Endnotes. The author has stated that all information contained in this book was obtained from open sources. This book is Dedicated to Chuck Hansen. John Coster-Mullen (21 December 1946 – 24 April 2021) was an American industrial photographer, truck driver and nuclear archaeologist who played an important role in creating a public record of the design of the first atomic bombs. He is known for his critically-acclaimed self-published book Atom Bombs: The Top Secret, Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man. This book was used by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) author Dr. Robert S. Norris as the primary source for information on both bombs in his monumental "Racing For The Bomb" biography of General Groves published in 2002. More