Chasing the moon : the people, the politics, and the promise that launched America into the space age
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524798123
- ISBN: 1524798126
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A companion book to the American Experience film on PBS" -- jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-338) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: July 16, 1969 -- A place beyond the sky (1903-1950) -- The man who sold the moon (1952-1960) -- The New Frontier (1961-1963) -- Welcome to the space age (1964-1966) -- Earthrise (1967-1968) -- Magnificent desolation (1969) -- The final frontier (1970-1979) -- Afterword: After a few more revolutions around the sun. |
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Genre: | History. |
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