Excellent description of both the lunar voyage and American life circa 1969.

I watched the lunar landing from a tiny TV set imported into my New Hampshire sleepaway camp during July 1969. We couldn't really see the moon that night; like much of that "summer" it was pouring rain.

The book helped me fill in what I missed by not reading daily papers while away at camp. It put me back into history. ( )

The Apollo 11 astronauts describe their unparalleled space venture.

FROM AMAZON: From the heroes' mouths but in a quite impersonal third person. The narrative shuttles back and forth from in-flight transmissions to home-fire gatherings to space program retrospectives to scientific elucidations to homey biographical flashbacks to pre-flight preparations to Cape Kennedy hubbub to historical huzzas. But with all the attendant trivia and trappings, it certainly is the stuff of history, and Arthur C. Clarke provides a fascinating epilogue on the future of space travel.

Excellent description of both the lunar voyage and American life circa 1969? ( )

Excellent description of both the lunar voyage and American life circa 1969? ( )

Excellent description of both the lunar voyage and American life circa 1969? ( )