{"product_id":"mark-klett-the-half-life-of-history-the-atomic-bomb-and-wendover-air-base-william-l-fox","title":"Mark Klett: The Half-Life of History, the Atomic Bomb and Wendover Air Base \/ William L. Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003eRadius Books. Pictorial hardcover. No dustjacket, as issued. Signed by Mark Klett. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr. Klett’s artful and striking photographs often parse the most minute details: a broken windowpane, a bent nail, .50-caliber bullets found at the machine-gun range. These fragments stand in for Wendover, just as the base stands in for the birth of nuclear destruction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— \u003c\/em\u003eDana Jennnings, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Hiroshima, Japan, a twisted steel dome is grim reminder of a city destroyed by the first atomic bomb used in warfare. It is a history no one dares to forget. Halfway around the globe in the Utah\/Nevada border stands another ruin, the airplane hangar inside of which the bomber that carried the Hiroshima bomb was readied for its mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eWendover Airbase, once the world’s largest, now crumbles from neglect. The stories and relics at Wendover describe more than the past, they also point to a historic cycle; to a present filled with new apprehensions that carry the potential for a chilling future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eArtist Mark Klett, known for his ongoing exploration of landscape, history and the passage of time through the medium of photography, and William L. Fox, a celebrated science and art writer whose work has focused on human cognition and memory, team up to create a fascinating visual and verbal multi-layered portrait of Wendover Airbase and the experience of memory in relation to the use of the atomic bomb by the American military in World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56463932588198,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/half1.webp?v=1778622900","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/mark-klett-the-half-life-of-history-the-atomic-bomb-and-wendover-air-base-william-l-fox","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}