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Author

Pasternak, Judy, 1956-

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

Imprint

New York : Free Press, c2010.

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Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		970.49 PAS	Available

Edition	1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description	xiii, 317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue: S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush -- pt. 1. The patriarch -- Discovery -- The special rocks -- The secret quest -- Jumping on the king -- pt. 2. The son -- Fear and frenzy -- The power of leetso -- Cold War -- The obstacle -- A hundred tons a day -- Endings -- Toxic legacy -- pt. 3. The grandchildren -- Aftermath -- Fallout -- Avalanche of suspicion -- A blind eye and a deaf ear -- pt. 4. The great-grandchildren -- Death and awakening -- "Hear our voices" -- Under scrutiny from every angle -- Resistance -- Ghosts -- Beginnings -- Epilogue: The steeple.
Subject	Navajo Indians -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century.
	Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century.
	Navajo Indians -- Biography.
	Uranium mines and mining -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
	Uranium mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
	Radiation -- Health aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century.
	Navajo Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century.
	Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9781416594826 : $26.00
	1416594825