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Author:

Nelson, Craig, 1955-

Title:

Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon / Craig Nelson.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Project Apollo (U.S.)
Space flight to the moon.
Astronautics--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-393) and index.

Contents:

Behemoth -- The general's command -- Anything but what he is -- The sons of Galileo -- Mr. Cool Stone -- Don't eat toads -- A way to talk to God -- How the pyramids were built -- Total cold war -- The bluff at Nobleman's Grave -- The fluid front -- The transfiguration -- The Great Black Sea -- The birth of the moon -- The Eagle has wings -- One of those sad days when you lose a machine -- "Mr. President, the Eagle has landed" -- To rediscover childhood -- A tenuous grasp -- We missed the whole thing -- Through you, we touched the moon -- When all those curves lined up.

ISBN:

0670021032
9780670021031 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276602390

LCCN:

2008051175

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