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Author:

Brinkley, Douglas, author.

Title:

American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / Douglas Brinkley.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Harper Audio,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

15 audio discs (approximately 1035 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Books on compact disc, Unabridged.
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963--Influence.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History--20th century.
Astronautics--United States--History--20th century.
Astronautics--History--United States--History--20th century.
Space race--United States.
Astronautics and state--United States.
Manned space flight--History--20th century.
Space flight to the moon--History--20th century.
Moon--Government policy--Government policy--United States.

Other Authors:

Graybill, Stephen, narrator.

Notes:

Title from web page. Read by Stephen Graybill. Compact discs.

Summary:

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. It 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. Draws on new primary source material and firsthand interviews in a reassessment of the space program that examines the political, cultural, and scientific factors that launched NASA and the space race.

ISBN:

0062894722
9780062894724

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089399049

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)