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Author:

Pasternak, Judy, 1956-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Navajo Indians--History--History--20th century.
Navajo Indians--History--History--20th century.
Navajo Indians--Biography.
Uranium mines and mining--History--Southwest, New--History--20th century.
Uranium mines and mining--History--Southwest, New--History--20th century.
Radiation--History--Southwest, New--History--20th century.
Navajo Indian Reservation--History--20th century.
Southwest, New--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN:

1416594825
9781416594826

OCLC:

(OCoLC)464593180

LCCN:

2010005546

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

VSPC034 -- Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library (Lansing)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)