{"product_id":"rocket-men-the-daring-odyssey-of-apollo-8-and-the-astronauts-who-made-mans-first-journey-to-the-moon-9780812988710","title":"Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - T\u003cb\u003ehe\u003c\/b\u003e riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eShadow Divers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy.\"--Andy Weir, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArtemis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the Moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline, and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the Moon--in just four months. And it would all happen at Christmas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a year of historic violence and discord--the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago--the Apollo 8 mission would be the boldest, riskiest test of America's greatness under pressure. In this gripping insider account, Robert Kurson puts the focus on the three astronauts and their families: the commander, Frank Borman, a conflicted man on his final mission; idealistic Jim Lovell, who'd dreamed since boyhood of riding a rocket to the Moon; and Bill Anders, a young nuclear engineer and hotshot fighter pilot making his first space flight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawn from hundreds of hours of one-on-one interviews with the astronauts, their loved ones, NASA personnel, and myriad experts, and filled with vivid and unforgettable detail, \u003ci\u003eRocket Men\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of one of America's finest hours. In this real-life thriller, Kurson reveals the epic dangers involved, and the singular bravery it took, for mankind to leave Earth for the first time--and arrive at a new world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRocket Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting introduction to the  Apollo 8] flight. . . . Kurson details the mission in crisp, suspenseful scenes. . . .  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His award-winning stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEsquire, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he was a contributing editor. He is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eShadow Divers, \u003c\/i\u003ethe 2005 American Booksellers Association's nonfiction Book Sense Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eCrashing Through, \u003c\/i\u003ebased on Kurson's 2006 National Magazine Award-winning profile in \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eof the blind speed skier, CIA analyst, and entrepreneur Mike May;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePirate Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701037207789,"sku":"9780812988710","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_9032e635-1df0-46e8-be30-c9cc793c0030.jpg?v=1747446051","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/rocket-men-the-daring-odyssey-of-apollo-8-and-the-astronauts-who-made-mans-first-journey-to-the-moon-9780812988710","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}