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The Birth of NASA; The Diary of T. Keith Glennan
by J. D. Hunley Editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0160419360
- ISBN 13
- 9780160419362
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1993 NASA History Office, Washington. 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine; dampstain to heel of spine- no stuck pages. DJ: Near Fine; dampstain at foot of DJ. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Brown boards with bright gold lettering on spine. NASA Book SF-4105. 389 pp. This book is part diary and part recollection as T. Keith Glennan, the first administrator of NASA, relates the story of how he and others inside and outside the agency worked within the circumstances created by Sputnik to plan and organize a viable space program that ultimately put 12 Americans on the moon. A must read for anyone interested in the early history of the US space program and the atmosphere in which it arose. A very presentable copy in Brodart Mylar
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001502
- Title
- The Birth of NASA; The Diary of T. Keith Glennan
- Author
- J. D. Hunley Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0160419360
- ISBN 13
- 9780160419362
- Publisher
- NASA History Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NASA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, SPUTNIK, APOLLO, FLIGHT, ASTRONAUTS, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cold War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Heel
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- Spine
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