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03618aam a2200469Ii 4500 001 4CAA9356658D11E99B4892F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20190423010125 007 tb 008 190327s2019 nyuaf db 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0062859919 020 $a 9780062859914 035 $a (OCoLC)1090742440 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $e rda $c OQX $d OQX $d OCLCO $d OJ4 $d OCLCQ $d HHO $d JTH $d ORX $d INO $d BDX $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a TL789.8.U5 $b B75 2019b 082 04 $a 629.40973 $2 23 100 1 $a Brinkley, Douglas, $e author. 245 10 $a American moonshot : $b John F. Kennedy and the great space race / $c Douglas Brinkley. 250 $a First HarperLuxe edition, Larger print. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2019] 300 $a xxxvii, 898 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 500 $a "Larger print"--Spine. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-890). 520 $a As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the 1960s to recreate one of the most exciting and ambitious achievements in the history of humankind. American Moonshot brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, which shot the United States to victory in the space race against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America's success, Brinkley brings this fascinating history to life as never before. American Moonshot is a portrait of the brilliant men and women who made this giant leap possible, the technology that enabled us to propel men beyond earth's orbit to the moon and return them safely, and the geopolitical tensions that spurred Kennedy to commit himself fully to this audacious dream. Brinkley's ensemble cast of New Frontier characters include rocketeer Wernher von Braun, astronaut John Glenn and space booster Lyndon Johnson. A vivid and enthralling chronicle of one of the most thrilling, hopeful, and turbulent eras in the nation's history, American Moonshot is an homage to scientific ingenuity, human curiosity, and the boundless American spirit. 600 10 $a Kennedy, John F. $q (John Fitzgerald), $d 1917-1963 $x Influence. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Astronautics $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Manned space flight $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Space flight to the moon $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Astronautics $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611013356.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629014102.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20200110012451.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20200108011228.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190716014129.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190423012636.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CAA9356658D11E99B4892F996128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search