Light This Candle: The Life And Times Of Alan Shepard
- ISBN-10
- 140008122X
- ISBN-13
- 9781400081226
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 533
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Neal Thompson
Description
A portrait of Mercury Seven team member Alan Shepard, best known as America's first man into space and for hitting a golf ball on the moon, draws on private papers and interviews to describe his achievements as a daring test pilot, fiercely competitive nature, and career-challenging struggles with illness. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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