# The Firecracker Boys

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- Authors: [Dan O’Neill](https://www.bookquiver.com/dan-oneill)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-11-06

## Description

In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U. S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's landscape, his skill as a nature and science writer, and his determination to expose one of the most shocking chapters of the Nuclear Age.

## Editions

### The Firecracker Boys

- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6500-348-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2007-11-06
- Language: en_GB