| View Larger Image | Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy | Paperbackby Pierpaolo Mittica (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Trolley Press | | Page Count: | 238 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 26, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 1,187,597st |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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REVISIT CHERNOBYL by T. G. Harpster (LAS VEGAS)  5 Stars
December 18, 2007
It started with an old ragged VHS copy of the devestation from the Chernobyl NPP..I read books and articles, and wrote a One Act Play simply called "CHERNOBYL'. This last book CHERNOBYL The Hidden legacy by Piepaolo Mitica didn't show me the already famous photos of the crippled whats-left-of-the-power plant...I saw photos of incredible ruins of the country-side, the vacant look of the helpless victims, the hollow stare into thier nothing future of the innocent dying children. Radiation is invisible, and all I saw was the incredible stillness and emptyness of the now contaminated land. It is mind boggling.....Teri
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