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Of a Fire on the Moon

By: Norman Mailer
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer - the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction - wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America's reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA's clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could.

©1969, 1970 Norman Mailer. (P)2016 Brilliance Publishing, all rights reserved. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Aeronautics & Astronautics Americas Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science History History & Culture History & Philosophy Science United States Technology
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Superb book; superb performance. Such amazing writing and so unique. Truly brilliant writing and command of language.

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