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

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

<b>Read Craig Nelson's posts on the Penguin Blog.</b><br /><br /><p><p> </p></p><b> "Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride." <br /> -<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> </b> <br /><br /> Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, <i>Rocket Men</i> presents a vivid narrative of the moon mission, taking readers on the journey to one of the last frontiers of the human imagination.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>