Hiroshima Author: John Hersey Publisher: Bantam Books, 1946 John Hersey was an American author and journalist who was born in Tianjin, China. His parents were missionaries in Tianjin where he lived until the age of ten. He lived from 1914 to 1993. Hersey was well known for his ability to write about the tragedies of war. Hersey was educated at Yale University and Clare College of the University of Cambridge. Throughout World War II, Hersey served as the …showed first 75 words of 1489 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1489 total… the number of names that appear and how similar some of them are. This is not the authors fault because he used the real names of the people and did not intend for it to be confusing. Those are only minor parts of the story though and I think that the book is still very enjoyable. I would recommend this book to people who like to read about war or even suspense. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**