American moonshot John F. Kennedy and the great space race
"July 20, 1969. It's a day that has earned a spot in history. It's the day that America was the first nation to succeed in sending two astronauts--Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong--to the moon. But what led to this unforgettable event? What were the stakes riding on the Apollo 11's...
| Main Authors: | Brinkley, Douglas (Author), Conkling, Winifred (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Young readers' edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"July 20, 1969. It's a day that has earned a spot in history. It's the day that America was the first nation to succeed in sending two astronauts--Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong--to the moon. But what led to this unforgettable event? What were the stakes riding on the Apollo 11's safe landing? In acclaimed author Douglas Brinkley's first young readers' edition, space fans will get the riveting and factual backstory of arguably the most significant achievement of the 20th century."-- |
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| Physical Description: |
260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Audience: |
008-012. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260). |
| ISBN: |
9780062660282 0062660284 9780062655066 006265506X 1982625120 9781982625122 |
| Author Notes: |
His first book, Jean Monnet: The Path to European Unity, was published in 1992. His other works include Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House, Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, Cronkite, and Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America. He also wrote three books with historian Stephen E. Ambrose: The Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Witness to History, and The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today. He has won several awards including the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize for Driven Patriot and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (Bowker Author Biography) |