The last American hero the remarkable life of John Glenn

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, the small-town boy from Ohio took his place atop a. rocket and soared into space. . . He became celebrated in all corners of the world as not just the first American to orbit the Earth, but as the first space tr...

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1. Verfasser: George, Alice L. 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Illinois Chicago Review Press [2021]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Prologue
  • Small-town boy
  • Off to war
  • Ol' Magnet Tail
  • Racing toward space
  • Around the world in 89 minutes
  • Meanwhile on Earth...
  • Superstar
  • What's next?
  • Glenn's friend, Robert Kennedy
  • Introduction to political life
  • The ebb and flow of political life
  • Winning his wings again
  • Epilogue