The Firecracker Boys
2018-07-21T12:01:40-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNDFjXC8yMDE4MDcyMTEyMDU1MjAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==In 1958, Edward Teller, creator of the hydrogen bomb, came to Alaska with plans to detonate six nuclear bombs off the coast of Alaska. Dan O’Neill, author of The Firecracker Boys, unveiled the real motive behind Project Chariot and the group of Eskimos that stopped it.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made stops in their “2018 LCV Cities Tour” in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, Alaska, from June 17-28, to feature the history and literary life of the communities. Working with the GCI cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made stops in their “2018 LCV Cities Tour” in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, Alaska, from June 17-28, to feature the history and literary life of the communities. Working with the GCI cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
In 1958, Edward Teller, creator of the hydrogen bomb, came to Alaska with plans to detonate six nuclear bombs off the coast of Alaska. Dan O’Neill, author of… read more
In 1958, Edward Teller, creator of the hydrogen bomb, came to Alaska with plans to detonate six nuclear bombs off the coast of Alaska. Dan O’Neill, author of The Firecracker Boys, unveiled the real motive behind Project Chariot and the group of Eskimos that stopped it.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made stops in their “2018 LCV Cities Tour” in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, Alaska, from June 17-28, to feature the history and literary life of the communities. Working with the GCI cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close
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