Bibliograph

Yellow dirt, an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak

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Yellow dirt, an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Yellow dirt

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

464593180

Responsibility statement

Judy Pasternak

Sub title

an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed

Summary

Describes how the Navajo worked for the U.S. government unprotected in the uranium mines that fueled the Cold War, and how, long after the mines were abandoned, they remained on the Navajo reservation, contaminating its residents and causing cancer rates and birth defects to soar

Table Of 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

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