Isbn: 9780735220393 - a girl's guide to missiles: growing up in america's secret desert (31 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The China Lake missile range - created during the Second World War and shrouded in secrecy - is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. Despite its mystery, its employees are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and when she needed summer jobs - herself. Piper's memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. The China Lake missile range - created during the Second World War and shrouded in secrecy - is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. Despite its mystery, its employees are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and when she needed summer jobs - herself. Piper's memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missilesA poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missilesThe China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and--when she needed summer jobs--herself. Her dad designed the Sidewinder, which was ultimately used catastrophically in Vietnam. When her mom got tired of being a stay-at-home mom, she went to work on the Tomahawk. Once, when a missile nose needed to be taken offsite for final testing, her mother loaded it into the trunk of the family car, and set off down a Los Angeles freeway. Traffic was heavy, and so she stopped off at the mall, leaving the missile in the parking lot.Piper sketches in the belief systems--from Amway's get-rich schemes to propaganda in The Rocketeer to evangelism, along with fears of a Lemurian takeover and Charles Manson--that governed their lives. Her memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters, a story that reaches back to her father's World War II flights with contraband across Europe. Finally, A Girl's Guide to Missiles recounts the crossroads moment in a young woman's life when she finally found a way out of a culture of secrets and fear, and out of the desert. A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condizione: New. pp. 352.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 352 pages. 8.00x5.31x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missilesA poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missilesThe China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and--when she needed summer jobs--herself. Her dad designed the Sidewinder, which was ultimately used catastrophically in Vietnam. When her mom got tired of being a stay-at-home mom, she went to work on the Tomahawk. Once, when a missile nose needed to be taken offsite for final testing, her mother loaded it into the trunk of the family car, and set off down a Los Angeles freeway. Traffic was heavy, and so she stopped off at the mall, leaving the missile in the parking lot.Piper sketches in the belief systems--from Amway's get-rich schemes to propaganda in The Rocketeer to evangelism, along with fears of a Lemurian takeover and Charles Manson--that governed their lives. Her memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters, a story that reaches back to her father's World War II flights with contraband across Europe. Finally, A Girl's Guide to Missiles recounts the crossroads moment in a young woman's life when she finally found a way out of a culture of secrets and fear, and out of the desert. A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The China Lake missile range - created during the Second World War and shrouded in secrecy - is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. Despite its mystery, its employees are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were Karen Piper's parents, her sister, and when she needed summer jobs - herself. Piper's memoir is also a search for the truth of the past and what really brought her parents to China Lake with two young daughters.…

Condizione: New. Karen Piper is the award-winning author of The Price of Thirst, Left in the Dust, and Cartographic Fictions. She has received the Sierra Nature Writing Award and the Next Generation Indie Book Award and fellowships from the Huntington, Carnegi.

paperback. Condizione: Gut. 352 Seiten; 9780735220393.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 500.