About a Mountain

Name: About a Mountain
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ISBN: 9780393068184

ISBN-10: 0393068188

ISBN-13: 9780393068184

Edition: 2010

Authors: John D'Agata

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When John Dâ€™Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal governmentâ€™s plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas. Bearing witness to the parade of scientific, cultural, and political facts that give shape to Yuccaâ€™s story, Dâ€™Agata keeps the six tenets of reporting in mindâ€”Who, What, When, Where, Why, and Howâ€”arranging his own investigation around each vital question. Yet as the contradictions inherent in Yuccaâ€™s story are revealed, Dâ€™Agataâ€™s investigation turns inevitably personal. He finds himself investigating the death of a teenager who jumps off…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 236
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

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