Alas Babylon Pat Frank

Alas Babylon is a book that I recently read for school.  Contrary to what my past experiences have led me to believe, it was a pretty good book.  It takes place in the small town of Fort Repose, Florida.  Randy Bragg is retired from the army and, living off family money, is wasting away there.  When his brother Mark gives him warning of an atomic bomb threat from Russia, he urges Randy to take immediate action.  Mark's wife Helen and her two kids Ben Franklin and Peyton come to live with him.  The bomb hits a few days later and life as everyone knows it changes drastically.  No longer was there money, electricity, and government.  It became a survival of the fittest type situation.  Randy and his street form their own family to survive.  The book focuses on their survival and adaptation to the new world.  It is a good read and I would recommend it.