Tue, Mar 24
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Garrett M. Graff, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky
The Pulitzer Prize finalist whose work is “oral history at its finest” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) delivers an epic narrative of the atomic bomb’s creation and deployment, woven from the voices of hundreds of scientists, generals, soldiers, and civilians.
Date, Time & Location
Mar 24, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
A co-presentation with Global Santa Fe. Garrett will be in conversation with Jim Falk, Program Chair at Global Santa Fe.
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
Order The Devil Reached Toward the Sky online from CWB here ($35.00, hardcover) or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
The building of the atomic bomb is the most audacious undertaking in human history: a rush by a small group of scientists and engineers in complete secrecy to unlock the most fundamental power of the universe. Even today, the Manhattan Project evokes boldness, daring, and the grandest of dreams: bringing an end to World War II in the Pacific. As Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen fight overseas, men and women strive to discover the atom’s secrets in places like Chicago, Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos. On August 6, 1945, the world discovers what the end of the war—and…