Pat Frank is the penname for Florida journalist and writer Harry Hart Frank, Jr. After two years at the University of Florida, Frank left school to pursue a career in newspapers. But it was his work as a war correspondent during World War II, and as a consultant to the Office of Civil Defense, that informed “Alas, Babylon.” Sally Bissell reviews this timeless novel about a cataclysmic nuclear war, published in 1959, but still studied in schools today.
Alas, Babylon
