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Into That Silent Sea Trailblazers of the Space Era 19611965 - Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S
Author: Francis French, Colin Burgess

It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of moments less public but no less dramatic in the lives of those who made the golden age of space flight happen. These are the moments and the lives that Into That Silent Sea captures, a book th...  more »at tells the intimate stories of the men and women, American and Russian, who made the space race their own and gave the era its compelling character. These pages chronicle a varied and riveting cavalcade of human stories, including a look at Yuri Gagarin?s harrowing childhood in war-ravaged Russia and Alan Shepard?s firm purchase on the American dream. It also examines the controversial career of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and the remarkable struggle and ultimate disappointment of her American counterparts. It tries to uncover the truth behind the allegations that shadowed Gus Grissom and Scott Carpenter and then allows the reader to share the heart-stopping suspense of Alexei Leonov?s near-fatal first space walk. Through dozens of interviews and access to Russian and American official documents and family records, the authors bring to life the experiences that shaped the lives of the first astronauts and cosmonauts and forever changed their world and ours.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780803226395
ISBN-10: 080322639X
Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Bison Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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John O. (buzzby) - , reviewed Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S) on 5/25/2012 + 6062 more book reviews

More of a set of biographies than a science book, but then, those are easier to write.

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