Space - by James A Michener (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Engineer Stanley Mott, astronomy student John Pope, naval hero Norman Grant, and rocket engineer Dieter Kolff serve as principals in the forty-year history of America's space program and share the complex drama with numerous others.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. <i>Space</i> is one of his best books."--<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b> <p/>Already a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier. This astounding novel brings to life the dreams and daring of countless men and women--people like Stanley Mott, the engineer whose irrepressible drive for knowledge places him at the center of the American exploration effort; Norman Grant, the war hero and U.S. senator who takes his personal battle not only to a nation, but to the heavens; Dieter Kolff, a German rocket scientist who once worked for the Nazis; Randy Claggett, the astronaut who meets his destiny on a mission to the far side of the moon; and Cynthia Rhee, the reporter whose determined crusade brings their story to a breathless world. <p/> <b>Praise for <i>Space</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> "A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. <i>Space </i>is one of his best books."<b>--<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> "A novel of very high adventure . . . a sympathetic, historically sound treatment of an important human endeavor that someday could be the stuff of myth, told here with gripping effect."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> "<i>Space </i>is everything that Michener fans have come to expect. Without question, the space program's dramatic dimensions provide the stuff of great fiction."<b>--<i>BusinessWeek</i></b> <p/> "Michener is eloquent in describing the actual flights into space, as well as the blazing, apocalyptic re-entry of the shuttle into earth's atmosphere."<b>--<i>The New York Times</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. <i>Space </i>is one of his best books."<b>--<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> "A novel of very high adventure . . . a sympathetic, historically sound treatment of an important human endeavor that someday could be the stuff of myth, told here with gripping effect."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> "<i>Space </i>is everything that Michener fans have come to expect. Without question, the space program's dramatic dimensions provide the stuff of great fiction."<b>--<i>BusinessWeek</i></b> <p/> "Michener is eloquent in describing the actual flights into space, as well as the blazing, apocalyptic re-entry of the shuttle into earth's atmosphere."<b>--<i>The New York Times</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>James A. Michener</b> was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>Tales of the South Pacific, </i>the bestselling novels <i>The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, </i>and <i>Caravans, </i>and the memoir <i>The World Is My Home</i>. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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