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Of a Fire on the Moon
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Technology & Engineering20th Century United States History
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ISBN10: 0553390619
ISBN13: 9780553390612
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jun 3 2014
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780553390612
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jun 3 2014
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
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. Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon
The gift of a genius . . . a twentieth-century American epic--a Moby Dick of space.--New York
Mailer's account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. . . . It is an act of revelation--the only verbal deed to be worthy of the dream and the reality it celebrates.--Saturday Review A wild and dazzling book.--The New York Times Book Review
Still the most challenging and stimulating account of [the] mission to appear in print.--The Washington Post
Praise for Norman Mailer
[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.--The New York Times A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.--The New Yorker Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.--The Washington Post A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.--Life Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.--The New York Review of Books The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.--Chicago Tribune Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.--The Cincinnati Post
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