JOHN GLENN A MEMOIR

JOHN GLENN WITH NICK TAYLOR

Verlag: BANTAM BOOKS, NEW YORK,TORONTO,LONDON,SYDNEY,AUCKLAND, 1999

Beschreibung

ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962 PILOTING PROJECT MERCURY's FRIENDSHIP 7 SPACECRAFT FROM CAPE CANAVERAL,JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN JR. BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT THE EARTH. FOR THOSE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER LIKE ME, SCHOOL CHILDREN WATCHED THE TELEVISED EVENT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, MANY WISHING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT WHEN THEY GREW UP. GLENN WRITES OF HIS LIFE GROWING UP IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN WITH STRONG FAMILY VALUES. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN WWII AS A FIGHTER PILOT IN CHINA AND KOREA RECEIVING SIX DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES AND EIGHTEEN AIR MEDALS.IN 1957 HE MADE THE FIRST SUPERSONIC TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. HIS POST MILITARY LIFE WAS EQUALLY DISTINGUISHED WHEN HE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS NASA CHOSE. LATER HE WAS ELECTED A U.S. SENATOR,YET ANOTHER CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. AT AGE 77, GLENN RETURNED TO FLIGHT IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE BECOMING THE OLDEST ASTRONAUT TO TRAVEL IN SPACE. AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. A BOOK OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1622242774563

Bibliografische Details

Titel: JOHN GLENN A MEMOIR

Verlag: BANTAM BOOKS, NEW YORK,TORONTO,LONDON,SYDNEY,AUCKLAND

Erscheinungsdatum: 1999

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition