Book Review: Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb: An audacious graphic novel covers an old subje...

Book Review: Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

Book Review: Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb: An audacious graphic novel covers an old subje...

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb By Jonathan Fetter-Vorm; Hill and Wang, 2012; 160 pp.; US $22; ISBN 978-0-8090-9468-4 The story of the Manhattan Project, which yielded the world’s first three atomic bombs, is one of the most remarkable and gripping in all of human history. This complex saga has been revisited in novels, motion pictures, opera, and in countless nonfiction books. There aren’t many formats left, but Jonathan Fetter-Vorm has managed to do something new—he’s written a graphic novel about it. Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb breaks new ground in content as well as form. Not many angles of this sprawling piece of history have escaped treatment. All the major players have had biographies, in some cases more than one. The technical, scientific, administrative, espionage, and military aspects have all been picked over. There ar...

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