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Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon

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Availability:In StockContributor:Craig NelsonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-04-27Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143117162ISBN-10:143117165UPC:9780143117162Book Category:Technology & Engineering, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.32 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCAK721VYW

A New York Times Bestseller

"Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride."
-The Wall Street Journal

Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Rocket Men presents a vivid narrative of the moon mission, taking readers on the journey to one of the last frontiers of the human imagination.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143117162ISBN-10:143117165UPC:9780143117162Book Category:Technology & Engineering, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.32 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCAK721VYW
Craig Nelson is the author of four previous books, including The First Heroes and Let's Get Lost. His writings have appeared in Salon, The New England Review, Blender, Genre, and a host of other publications. He was an editor at HarperCollins, Hyperion, and Random House for almost twenty years and has been profiled by Variety, Interview, Manhattan, Inc., and Time Out.


Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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Craig Nelson

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