Alas, Babylon
by Frank, Pat
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.
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- Full title :Alas, Babylon / Pat Frank ; foreword by David Brin.
Summary
"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2005.
- Edition:First Harper Perennial modern classics edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):HarperPerennial
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2005.
Notes
Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1959. With new foreword.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 323 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780060741877, 0060741872
- oclc:on1096314239
- LC Classification:PS3556.R33435
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
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