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In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
by Francis French
Available from Powells Used Books
$29.95
on 8-9-2008
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ISBN Number: 9780803211285
Subtitle: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
Author: French, Francis
Author: Burgess, Colin
Author: French, Francis
Foreword: Cunningham, Walter
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Subject: History
Subject: United States, 20th Century/60s
Subject: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Space flight to the moon
Publication Date: 20070901
Cover Type: HC
Written in: English
Illustrations: Y
Number of Pages: 448
Book Size: 9.15x6.24x1.36 in. 1.79 lbs.
In the Shadow of the Moon tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. While describing awe-inspiring technical achievements, the authors go beyond the missions and the competition of the space race to focus on the people who made it all possible. Their book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. From the Gemini flights to the Soyuz space program to the earliest Apollo missions, including the legendary first moon landing, their book draws a richly detailed picture of the space race as an endeavor equally endowed with personal meaning and political significance. For more information about the series, visit www.outwardodyssey.com. Review: "There's a wealth of information and insights about the people and missions in each chapter, at least for those who haven't immersed themselves in space history."-Jeff Foust, The Space Review.com (Jeff Foust, The Space Review.com, Sep 24 2007 ) Review: "Our lives and those of future generations were forever transformed by the events so vividly related in this book. These were the tense, often inspiring days of pioneering human space travel, and the authors are to be congratulated for their unerring portrayals of many larger-than-life personalities involved in that historic endeavor."-Cece Bibby, first woman to work at the Mercury launch pad (Cece Bibby, Aug 1 2006 ) Review: "[A] readable introduction to the first years of America's leap into space."-Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly) Review: "Authors Burgess and French are even-handed and equitable, and have done an excellent job in covering a vast expanse of material. . . . The opportunity to get the true stories from the astronauts themselves is a luxury that will sadly not be available forever, and In the Shadow of the Moon has done an excellent job in gathering and eliciting the stories of these men, not just the official reports, but the personal touches that render them more human. . . . The authors have a touch for weaving revealing and captivating personal narratives amidst the nuts-and-bolts space history."-Michael Patrick Brady, PopMatters.com (Michael Patrick Brady, PopMatters.com, Sep 18 2007 ) Review: "[T]he authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spacecraft as both an intimate human experience and rollicking global adventure. . . . [T]heir book draws a richly detailed picture of the space race as an endeavor equally endowed with personal meaning and political significance."-QUEST (Quest)
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