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Author Pasternak, Judy, 1956-

Title Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed / Judy Pasternak.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2010.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  979.1 PASTERNAK    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  979.1 PAS    Storage
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.1004 PASTERNAK    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  979.1004 PASTERNAK    DUE 05-11-24
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  970.00497 PAS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Adult Department  979.1004 P26    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.1004 P26    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  979.1004 PASTERNAK    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  979.1004 PAS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  979.1004 PASTERNAK    Check Shelf
Edition First Free Press hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
Contents Prologue: S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush -- pt. I. The patriarch -- Discovery -- The special rocks -- The secret quest -- Jumping on the king -- pt. II. The son -- Fear and frenzy -- The power of łeetso -- Cold War -- The obstacle -- A hundred tons a day -- Endings -- Toxic legacy -- pt. III. The grandchildren -- Aftermath -- Fallout -- Avalanche of suspicion -- A blind eye and a deaf ear -- pt. IV. The great-grandchildren -- Death and awakening -- "Hear our voices" -- Under scrutiny from every angle -- Resistance -- Ghosts -- Beginnings -- Epilogue: The steeple.
Subject Navajo Indians -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.
Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century.
Navajo Indians -- Biography.
Uranium mines and mining -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
Uranium mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
Radiation -- Health aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
Navajo Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century.
Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781416594826
1416594825
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