Book about Central Florida in a post nuclear attack? (cover, author, story)

[Moonlady]

I read it in high school and I can't remember the name of it. It would have been written in the 50's or 60's during the cold war. For some reason I was thinking the author's first name was Pat...but I could be way off base. Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

It was basically a story of survival after a nuclear attack and it was set in and around Central Florida.

CRS disease has set in....urgh!

[Moonlady]

Well, a little sleuthing and I found it..."Alas, Balylon" by Pat Frank.

Anyone read it?

[catzkc]

Are you maybe thinking of the book "On the Beach," by Nevil Shute? It's set in Austrailia (near the beach), in the '50s or 60's. There's been a nuclear war and there is now everyone is dead in the northern hemisphere. The radioactive fallout is moving south, and the book covers the months leading up to their end.

[KathyA11]

Originally Posted by Moonlady

Well, a little sleuthing and I found it..."Alas, Balylon" by Pat Frank.

Anyone read it?

I think I read this one a dozen times in high school.