عنوان

The space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy :

(Number (ISBN

0826358098

(Number (ISBN

9780826358097

Erroneous ISBN

9780826358103

Title Proper

The space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a rare photographic history /

First Statement of Responsibility

John Bisney and J.L. Pickering ; foreword by Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albuquerque :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of New Mexico Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 205 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (chiefly color) ;

Dimensions

32 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).

Text of Note

Foreword / Christopher C. Kraft Jr. -- Introduction / John Bisney -- 1961 : "here we are behind" -- February 1962 : "the kind of American of whom we are the most proud" -- March-August 1962 : "we are glad to see you again" -- September 11, 1962 : "do you think we have bitten off more than we can chew?" -- September 12, 1962 : "but why, some say, the moon?" -- October-December 1962 : "I'm not that interested in space" -- January-August 1963 : "there are great frontiers still to be crossed" -- September-November 1963 : "space has lost a lot of its glamour" -- November 21, 1963 : "this space effort must go on" -- In remembrance : "for the eyes of the world now look into space."

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Text of Note

"In this engaging and inspiring work, John Bisney and J.L. Pickering have written and illustrated a thorough history of John F. Kennedy's role in developing the United States' space program. Ironically, despite his close association with the race to space, Kennedy initially thought the space program was too expensive and did not support a manned space flight until the Russians sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit just a few months after Kennedy's inauguration. Now, a century after Kennedy's birth, the United States has reached the moon, sent probes into deep space, and had its astronauts spend extended time in space, all of which are a legacy of Kennedy's presidency. Surprising, though, there hasn't been a photographic history of Kennedy's involvement in the space race despite the visual glamour associated with the space race and Kennedy's presidency until this engaging book by two widely respected chroniclers of the race to space"--

Title

Space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy

International Standard Book Number

9780826358103

Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),1917-1963-- Influence.

Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),1917-1963.

Astronautics and state-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Space race-- United States.

Astronautics and state.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Space race.

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Bisney, John,1954-

Kraft, Christopher C.

Pickering, J. L.,1957-

Date of Transaction

20200822141615.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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