A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Biographies | BIOG PIPER | In Library |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
California, Southern -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Cold War
Electronic technicians -- United States -- Biography
Guided missiles -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes
Naval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.) -- Employees -- Biography
Piper, Earl Marwin, -- 1922-2005
Piper, Karen Lynnea, -- 1965-
Piper, Mary Dahlstrom
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Biography
Young women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
Autobiographies.
California, Southern -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Cold War
Electronic technicians -- United States -- Biography
Guided missiles -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes
Naval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.) -- Employees -- Biography
Piper, Earl Marwin, -- 1922-2005
Piper, Karen Lynnea, -- 1965-
Piper, Mary Dahlstrom
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Biography
Young women -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Physical Desc
x, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322)
Description
The China Lake missile range in the Mojave Desert was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people, with domestic routines and everyday dilemmas, and four of them were the Piper family. Her dad designed the Sidewinder. Once, when a missile nose needed to be taken offsite for final testing, her mother loaded it into the trunk of the family car, set off down a Los Angeles freeway, and even stopped off at the mall, leaving the missile in the parking lot. Piper's memoir also reaches back to her father's World War II flights with contraband across Europe.--,Adapted from publisher information
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Piper, K. L. (2018). A girl's guide to missiles: growing up in America's secret desert . Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965-. 2018. A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert. Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965-. A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Piper, Karen Lynnea. A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
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