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May 1, 2024 · Writer John Hersey. Photo: Wiki Commons. By the fall of 1945, Shawn and New Yorker editor Ross had become intrigued with the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and the subsequent US military attempt to restrict access to journalists.
It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting.
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3 days ago · 5/5: An exceptional essay about the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima. The story was told by following six different people who survived the bomb. It first talked about what they were doing at the moment of the explosion and how they were able to survive. Some were seriously injured while others miraculously survived without any injuries. Hersey then continued following these survivors ...
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Apr 14, 2024 · Shawn’s taste in magazine writing was a shade more sober than that of his predecessor, Harold Ross (Ross had published John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” in 1946, but the piece was commissioned by ...
- Louis Menand
Apr 20, 2024 · Hiroshima, a city of 240,000, was ripped apart in a single blow. Nearly 100,000 perished instantly, and countless more were grievously injured. But this was only the beginning of the horror. Young teenagers, their voices choked with emotion, sang the national anthem before drawing their last breaths.
2 days ago · Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 at the close of World War II (1939–45).
May 1, 2024 · Will notes that on August 31, 1946, The New Yorker published journalist John Hersey's 30,000-word cover story "Hiroshima" — which came a year after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan under ...
