Book - Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon

Paperback, 383 pages, published 1994. Jay Barbree & Howard Benedict, with Alan Shepard & Deke Slayton. Intro by Neil Armstrong. Excellent used/vintage condition. A pencil note has been erased from the front page, but there's very little sign of age, almost no sign of wear, and the binding is tight. No highlights, no dog-ears, no missing pages. NOTE: If you see wonky patterns on some photos, this is just an annoying moire effect of the screen; the actual pages in the book are printed just fine. 👍 👀 "The epic story of the golden years of American space exploration told by those who rode the rockets. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. NASA put together a crew of the nation’s most daring test pilots: the 7 astronauts who were to lead America to the moon. Alan Shepard was the first into space on Project Mercury and Deke Slayton the last. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA’s efforts, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century’s greatest feat--landing humans on another world. Collaborating with NBC’s veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America’s space exploration from the time of Shepard’s first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon." 🧑‍🚀🔭🌜 My husband's the resident space buff and he enjoyed this one--Jay Barbree knows how to weave a narrative. Also has lots of plates of black-and-white photos!