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Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon / Craig Nelson.
Recreates the story of the Apollo 11 moon mission through interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143117162
- ISBN: 0143117165
- Physical Description: xii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-393) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Project Apollo (U.S.) Project Apollo (U.S.) Space flight to the moon. Astronautics > United States > History > 20th century. Astronautics > United States > History. |
| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marshall Public Library | 629.454 NEL (Text) | 33391000172338 | Adult Non-fiction | Available | - |
