"When the bomb went off over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 A.M. Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk, had just sat down in her office. Dr. Masakuzu Fujii was about to read the Osaka Asahi. Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was standing by her kitchen windo. Father Wilhelm Klein-sorge was reading a Jesuit newspaper. Dr. Terufumi Sasaki was carrying blood for a Wassermann test. The Reverand Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto was about to unload a cart." -- from the book jacket. DESCRIBES THE EFFECT OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA ON SIX SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC BLAST.

"FIRST EDITION." "ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE NEW YORKER." "TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING AND JACKET DESIGN BY WARREN CHAPPELL." AT HEAD OF TITLE: JOHN HERSEY. TITLE PAGE VIGNETTE (PUBLISHER'S DEVICE).