Buy this book on-line Ed Buckbee Featuring the Mercury Seven : The Real Space CowboysAcclaim Press, Morley, Missouri, 2018 ISBN 9781942613770
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CX5 - A first edition (First Printing 2018 stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Ed Buckbee to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes DVD in the back pocket. 9.5"x6.5", 256 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The Real Space Cowboys tells the story of America's Mercury 7 astronauts, who volunteered to be the first to explore the unknown perils of spaceflight beginning in the late 1950s. Detailed interviews with the Mercury 7 - Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton - provide a first-hand account at the competition, controversies, training, and hard work that took them a step beyond their former lives as cocky military pilots. The book also tells the story of the twelve brave Moonwalkers who actually landed on the Moon, Wernher von Braun and his team of rocket scientists who developed the technology to propel men and materials into space, the Russian Cosmonauts and Chinese Taikonauts who helped fuel the competitive space race, plus humorous stories about the pranks and goofs the Mercury 7 enjoyed to pull on each other. Written by Ed Buckbee, a public affairs officer under Wernher von Braun who founded U.S. Space Camp and was personal friends with the Mercury 7, The Real Space Cowboys is a fitting tribute to the origins of manned space flight and the men who blazed that trail into the unknown. With the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon landing scheduled for July 20, 2019, now is the perfect time to reflect on these great pilots as future pioneers plan new adventures in space flight.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ed Buckbee Featuring the Mercury Seven : The Real Space Cowboys. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, out of print books, collectables, libri rari and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |