The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space Summary and Reviews

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
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Author: Donald A. Davis, Eugene Cernan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN: 0312263511
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

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Book Review: A "Must-Have" for any Space library!
Summary: 5 Stars

For those of us who watched the space program unfold in the 60's & 70's, this book will bring back some wonderful memories. For those who weren't around at that time, it's a wonderful first person tale of the trials and tribulations of our quest for the moon. Andy Chaiken whetted our appetites with "A Man on the Moon" and Tom Hanks gave us a wonderful 12 hours on HBO. Captain Cernan takes us back to the early days of Gemini and his spin on Gemini 9 [which really fascinated this reader] right through Apollo 17. Some of these stories have been told before in other books [some 25 years old], but it's refreshing to read them from Cernan's point of view. The ego-trips, the family problems, the wonder and the excitement are all there. I read this book with a smile on my face and, at times, a tear in my eye...as this book brought me back to a time when we knew all the astronauts by name and they were our heros during a very turbulent time in our history. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I think I'll read it again.

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