John Hersey

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima...

Hiroshima by John Hersey is a groundbreaking work of nonfiction that provides a deeply moving and meticulously detailed account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. First published in 1946, this classic piece of reportage takes readers into the lives of six survivors-a doctor, a widow, two clergymen, a seamstress, and a factory worker-revealing the profound human cost of one of history's most devastating events. Hersey's...

A seasoned fisherman takes a man he has just met on the dock with him to catch bluefish off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, where they discuss fishing and the life cycle of the sea.