Of a Fire on the Moon
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: spine slightly cocked, evidence of former owner's card (glue residue on FEP) otherwise unmarked text. Tape residue on/good: closed tear on top of spine, creased and wrinkled at top of back cover of DJ, slight scuffing.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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Synopsis
For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer—the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction—wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America’s reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon, compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA’s clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84
- Title
- Of a Fire on the Moon
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: spine slightly cocked, evidence of former owner's card (glue residue on FEP) otherwise unmarked text. Tape residue on
- Jacket Condition
- good: closed tear on top of spine, creased and wrinkled at top of back cover of DJ, slight scuffing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- science, space, exploration, nonfiction, first edition
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