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On the beach

Date1957
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This post-apocalyptic novel is set in 1963, after the Cold War has ended in a nuclear World War III. All life in the Northern Hemisphere has been destroyed. The citizens of Australia adapt to their new normal as radioactive contamination drifts south, slowly ending the remaining human life on Earth. 
Subject
    GeographyCountryAustralia
    Medium
    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 21 cm x 14 cm (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
    Language
      CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131068168194D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1296604
      Picture of a wide beach crowded with people and pavilion on the left. 
      Beach at bathing pavilion, Sunnyside Beach, Toronto, Canada
      approximately 1925
      Beach Mall, originally Allen Beach Theatre, Queen Street East, no
      Beach Mall, originally Allen Beach Theatre, Queen Street East, no
      Ziemann, Herta
      8/2/1995
      Balmy Beach Club, Balmy Beach Park, foot of Beech Avenue
      Balmy Beach Club, Balmy Beach Park, foot of Beech Avenue
      Unknown
      1900
      Balmy Beach Canoe Club members at Balmy Beach, Toronto, Ontario
      Balmy Beach Canoe Club members at Balmy Beach, Toronto, Ontario
      Unknown
      1920 circa
      Beaches Park, showing Kew Beach (street) west from Leuty Avenue (at right), Kew Beach Club House at left
      Beaches Park, showing Kew Beach (street) west from Leuty Avenue (at right), Kew Beach Club House at left
      Unknown
      1916
      Gerry Sanders: Grand Bend restauranteur, whose business borders the beach, has started a Save the Beach: campaign to launch further legal action should Malcolm Gibbs win
      Gerry Sanders: Grand Bend restauranteur, whose business borders the beach, has started a Save the Beach: campaign to launch further legal action should Malcolm Gibbs win
      Bock, Tony
      8/17/1988
      There are seven miles of sandy and safe beach at ever-popular Sauble Beach
      There are seven miles of sandy and safe beach at ever-popular Sauble Beach
      Brennan, Pat
      7/22/1979
      Beach clean-up on island. Scuba divers from the Underwater Council retrieve debris at Olympic Beach on the Island yesterday, part of a campaign to cle(...)
      Beach clean-up on island. Scuba divers from the Underwater Council retrieve debris at Olympic Beach on the Island yesterday, part of a campaign to cle(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/4/1972
      The Staid beaches, until now successful in avoiding modern change, will soon find the doors open to the $300,000 Beach Mall at Kew Beach
      The Staid beaches, until now successful in avoiding modern change, will soon find the doors open to the $300,000 Beach Mall at Kew Beach
      Barkley, Harold
      11/4/1971
      Sunnyside beach gets a sweep-up, A bulldozer working in the water at the western end of Sunnyside beach piles up broken concrete, that had lined the w(...)
      Sunnyside beach gets a sweep-up, A bulldozer working in the water at the western end of Sunnyside beach piles up broken concrete, that had lined the w(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      5/9/1971
      Not-so-Balmy Beach, A Glittering fringe of icicles, formed from the spray of Lake Ontario, hangs down from a breakwater off Balmy Beach yesterday as J(...)
      Not-so-Balmy Beach, A Glittering fringe of icicles, formed from the spray of Lake Ontario, hangs down from a breakwater off Balmy Beach yesterday as J(...)
      Combs, Erin
      1/14/1975
      Duel in the sand: Malcolm Gibbs says he is seeking ownership of the Grand Bend beach to fulfil a promise to his late uncle whose grandfather bought a tract of land which included the beach 70 years ago.
      Duel in the sand: Malcolm Gibbs says he is seeking ownership of the Grand Bend beach to fulfil a promise to his late uncle whose grandfather bought a tract of land which included the beach 70 years ago.
      Bock, Tony
      8/17/1988