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Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search For Life Beyond Earth
by Bergreen, Laurence
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 157322166X
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221665
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Riverhead Books, 2000. 1st Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book itself has two tone red and crimson cloth covers with gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. The number line on the copyright page is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. This work is a fascinating look at the frontiers of scientific inquiry, a story in which NASA's attempt to deliver us to the limits of the known universe has at last been opened to us. No apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, no markings, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Clean, fresh, tight and bright. A very nice copy.
Synopsis
Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek , taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN/Albrand Nonfiction Award. Voyage to Mars is soon to be an NBC-TV television movie that will premier in spring 2002, and a weekly series that will debut in fall 2002. Bergreen lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003426
- Title
- Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search For Life Beyond Earth
- Author
- Bergreen, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 157322166X
- ISBN 13
- 9781573221665
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- SPACE FLIGHT TO MARS. UNITED STATES. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND ADMINISTRATION. MANNED FLIGHT.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
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Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
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