For the 50th
anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight
controllers, and engineers who made it happen, by the author of the bestselling
A Terrible Glory and The Blood of Heroes.
On July 20, 1969,
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a
moment forever ingrained in history. Perhaps the world's greatest technological
achievement-and a triumph of American spirit and ingenuity-the Apollo 11
mission, and the entire Apollo program, was a mammoth undertaking involving
more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to putting a man on the Moon and
winning the Space Race against the Soviets.
Seen through the
eyes of the those who lived it, Shoot for the Moon reveals the dangers,
the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11,
but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that made it possible. Both sweeping
and intimate, and based on exhaustive research and dozens of fresh interviews,
bestselling author James Donovan's Shoot for the Moon is the definitive
and thrilling account of one of humankind's most extraordinary feats of
exploration.
ALSO…to celebrate the less epic (but still historically
significant) 12th anniversary of the AA Cargo Book Club, we will be having our FIRST
AUTHOR APPEARANCE.
