The Firecracker Boys Author:Dan O'Neill In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is ... more »a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it -- launching America's environmental movement.« less