Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon

Nelson, Craig

ISBN 10: 0670021032 / ISBN 13: 9780670021031

Edité par Viking, New York, 2009

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Fourth printing. Signed by the author on a Desert Literary Society bookplate on the front endpaper: "Craig Nelson." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $27.95); Brodart protected. N° de réf. du vendeur 005371

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Titre : Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men ...

Éditeur : Viking, New York

Date d'édition : 2009

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis :

Book by Nelson Craig

Revue de presse:

'I was there, kneeling, unable to breathe, before a television screen, watching Armstrong step off Eagle onto the regolith. I read [Rocket Men] in the same mood of boyhood wonder. So should you' (Sunday Times)

'Rocket Men is particularly good at unpicking the tangle of motives behind kennedy's decision to send a man to the moon ... A punchy, popular history ... gripping, geekily detailed accounts of what it was like to ride a Saturn V or walk on another planet are interspersed with an equally lively take on the cold war strategising behind the mission' (Financial Times)

'Anyone with an ounce of poetry in their soul would have to concede that reaching the moon really was a giant leap for mankind. For the sheer drama, majesty and improbability of it all, it's a story that will be told time and time again. But rarely as well as this' (The Sunday Business Post)

'Spectacular' (Vanity Fair)

'With Nelson's impeccable research, his ability to tie the myriad strings of the space race into a coherent whole and the power of the story itself, Rocket Men should be at the top of your book list' (New Scientist)

'Rocket Men is a masterful account of one of the most daring exploits in human civilisation.' (The Irish Examiner (Eire))

'Craig Nelson tells the tale in a way that seizes the spirit of the age' (London Review of Books)

'As good an introduction as any to mankind's greatest adventure' (BBC History Magazine)