Of a Fire on the Moon
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Stain on fore-edge of first ten leaves, corners rounded, jacket lightly worn, owner names o
- ISBN 10
- 0316544116
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544115
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, 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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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49546
- Title
- Of a Fire on the Moon
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Stain on fore-edge of first ten leaves, corners rounded, jacket lightly worn, owner names o
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316544116
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544115
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0316544116, SPACE Exploration, Moon Landing, ASTRONAUTS, NASA, Space
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science and Technology;
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