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A Reluctant Icon : Letters to Neil Armstrong /
Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012. Providing context an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Colección: | Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Artfully curated by James R. Hansen, A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong is a companion volume to Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind, collecting hundreds more letters Armstrong received after first stepping on the moon until his death in 2012. Providing context and commentary, Hansen has assembled the letters by the following themes: religion and belief; anger, disappointment, and disillusionment; quacks, conspiracy theorists, and ufologists; fellow astronauts and the world of flight; the corporate world; celebrities, stars, and notables; and last messages. Taken together, both collections provide fascinating insights into the world of an iconic hero who took that first giant leap onto lunar soil willingly and thereby stepped into the public eye with reluctance. Space enthusiasts, historians, and lovers of all things related to flight will not want to miss this book. |
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| Notas: | Letters selected from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections' larger Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives, established in 2011. Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (400 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781557539700 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |