There Will Come Soft Rains
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (short story)
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale (poem)
Bradbury, Ray. "There Will Come Soft Rains." Read 2011.October (2011): 20-23. Print.
Teasdale, Sara. "There Will Come Soft Rains." Flame and Shadow. Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg, 1920. Print.
"There Will Come Soft Rains" read by Leonard Nimoy or in MP3 format
There Will Come Soft Rains.pdfOther Primary Historical Sources
"Kitchens of the Future" 1950's Popular Science
The Atom Bomb and Your Survival Public Information Brochure
Morrison, Charles. Radio-Defense Manual. Peoria, Illinois: American Radio Publications, Inc., 1950. Print.
"Atomic Hideouts" from Popular Mechanics, 1958 (page 146)
"Back-Yard Bomb Shelter" from Popular Mechanics, 1951 (page 112)
"Scientific Blueprint for Atomic Survival" from LIFE Magazine, 1957 (article on page 146)
"The Industrial Revolution in the Home" Journal article from 1976, 20 pages
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