Nuking Alaska

Notes of an Atomic Fugitive

By: Peter Dunlap-Shohl

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Paperback | 14 September 2023

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An autobiographical account, in graphic novel format, of growing up in Cold War Alaska in the shadow of a nuclear arsenal.

From the creator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's comes an unnervingly funny tale of life in Alaska during the tensest times of the Cold War.

Peter Dunlap-Shohl grew up on the front lines of the Cold War in the 1950s and '60s, where residents lived in the shadow of a nuclear arsenal nine times the size of that of the Soviet Union. This graphic novel recounts the surprising and tragicomic details of the nuclear threats faced by Alaskans, including the Chariot project that was championed by Edward Teller and his "firecracker boys" in the late 1950s and early 60s; the near-nuclear-disaster caused by the Great Alaskan earthquake of 1964; and the 1971 test of a nuclear warhead on the island of Amchitka. Dunlap-Shohl shares the very real and very terrible consequences that these events and others had for humans and animals alike, all in the service of "atoms for peace."

Drawn with his characteristic editorial cartooning style, Nuking Alaska is a fast-paced and entertaining reminder of how close we came to total annihilation just half century ago, and how very relevant and frightening the nuclear threat remains to this day.

Industry Reviews

"Nobody's better than Peter Dunlap-Shohl at using small pictures to tell big stories, and that's never been more evident than in this tour de force history of Alaska's atomic heritage. Groundbreaking." -Howard Weaver, Pulitzer Prize-winning former editor of the Anchorage Daily News and former Vice President for News, McClatchy Newspapers "Now everyone knows what cartoonists all across America know: Peter Dunlap-Shohl is an absolute genius and an artistic master. This book is an astounding demonstration of his brilliant writing and stunning execution of a defining moment in Alaska and the Cold War." -Jack Ohman, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee "Peter Dunlap-Shohl shapes scientific genius, Cold War madness, and his Alaskan childhood into an expansive story that would be unbelievable if it weren't so deeply researched. Nuking Alaska is darkly funny and frightening personal, political, and historical journalism." -Brian Fies, author of The Last Mechanical Monster "WARNING! WARNING! Nuking Alaska is an explosive, devastatingly hilarious, and bone-shaking revelation of a mind-blowing history we never learned and just might not survive to tell others about. With pages positively glowing with Dunlap-Shohl's radioactive art, you'll be up all night and left radiating and melting down to your friends about all the atoms of obscure and ridiculous nuclear madness Alaska and the world have faced since we've entered the era of boomers." -Don Reardon, author of The Raven's Gift

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