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100	1		_aPiper, Karen Lynnea, _d1965- _eauthor. _912840
245	1	2	_aA girl's guide to missiles : _bgrowing up in America's secret desert / _cKaren Piper.
300			_ax, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 311-322).
505	0		_aBecoming China Lakers -- A teenage weaponeer -- Dynamic instability -- The Cold War at home -- Anything can be a weapon -- Off target -- Life without weapons.
520			_aThe 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.--
546			_aText in English.
600	1	0	_aPiper, Karen Lynnea, _d1965- _912841
600	1	0	_aPiper, Earl Marwin, _d1922-2005 _912842
600	1	0	_aPiper, Mary Dahlstrom _912843
610	2	0	_aNaval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.) _xEmployees _vBiography. _912844
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bOffice of Strategic Services _vBiography. _912845
650		0	_aGuided missiles _zUnited States _xHistory _vAnecdotes. _912846
650		0	_aElectronic technicians _zUnited States _vBiography. _912847
650		0	_aYoung women _zWest (U.S.) _vBiography. _912848
650		0	_aCold War _912849
651		0	_aCalifornia, Southern _xSocial life and customs _y20th century. _912850
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