The Brother by Sam Roberts
Aug. 14th, 2008 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gnomiBack in July, I posted about finding Ruth Greenglass' obituary in the Boston Globe. The obituary referenced The Brother, a biography of David Greenglass, husband of Ruth Greenglass and brother of Ethel Rosenberg. Since I have an interest in the history of the atomic bomb, I figured this book would be right up my alley.
And I was correct. Based on his interviews with David Greenglass and other people involved with the trial and execution of the Rosenbergs, papers and interviews of people who were at Los Alamos with David Greenglass, and many other sources, Roberts weaves a fascinating story of a man, his questionable decisions, his familial disfunction, and the social and historical ramifications thereof.
Highly recommended.
And I was correct. Based on his interviews with David Greenglass and other people involved with the trial and execution of the Rosenbergs, papers and interviews of people who were at Los Alamos with David Greenglass, and many other sources, Roberts weaves a fascinating story of a man, his questionable decisions, his familial disfunction, and the social and historical ramifications thereof.
Highly recommended.
