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Author:

Nelson, Craig, 1955-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009. 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.

Summary:

Recreates the story of the Apollo 11 moon mission through interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents.

ISBN:

0143117165 (pbk.)
9780143117162 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)468975276

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)