Higher Power - An American Town’s Story of Faith, Hope, and Nuclear Energy

An in-depth, timely examination of a religious cult that founded a city, the nuclear power plant that moved in, and the reporter, Chicago Tribune’s Casey Bukro, who was allowed inside. 

About the author

Casey Bukro, the Chicago Tribune’s first environment reporter, became “the nuclear reporter” while covering the Zion Nuclear Power Station from the inside, including within hazardous radioactive zones. A leader in journalism ethics, Bukro wrote the Code of Ethics adopted in 1973 by the Society of Professional Journalists and was awarded the Wells Memorial Key in 1983. He served as the society’s national ethics chairman and was the former president of the Chicago Headline Club, a professional chapter of SPJ. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Summary

An in-depth, timely examination of a religious cult that founded a city, the nuclear power plant that moved in, and the reporter, Chicago Tribune’s Casey Bukro, who was allowed inside.

Foreword

Marketing:

• Social media campaign, including advertisements and giveaways
  
• Consumer advertising
  

Publicity:

• Promotion to national media, such as Atlantic, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine
  
• Promotion to book-focused radio programs and NPR morning shows
  
• Promotion to regional (Illinois) media including TV, radio, and newspapers
  
• Promotion to environmental outlets
  
• Promotion to culture and political outlets
  

Product details

• Authors: Casey Bukro
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.05.2026
• EAN: 9781572843363
• ISBN: 978-1-57284-336-3
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear, Local History, History of the Americas, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, US Midwest, Nuclear power and engineering