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Apollo 13: Commemorative Edition on the 30th Anniversary
by Kluger, Jeffrey; Lovell, James
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618056653
- ISBN 13
- 9780618056651
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About This Item
New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. With a personalized inscription of someone named, Selma, with the quote "Failure is not an option!" this FIRST EDITION, fifth printing hardcover is SIGNED by late astronaut Jim Lovell on half title page! Orig. published as "Lost Moon,'' this book tells the story of the 1970 Apollo mission that nearly ended in disaster.This is a commemorative edition of that book, which inspired the blockbuster 1995 Ron Howard film, & contains a new Preface by Lovell & author Jeffrey Kluger. The book is in Fine condition in a Fine DJ, just removed from being stored away brand new! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages white, with NO foxing or tanning; NO writing/highlighting/underlining; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is equally fine, with no wear or fading; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see our photos--they show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos copyright Gargoyle Books. All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time) ship that day; weekends & holidays, next business day.
Synopsis
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, APOLLO 13 (previously published as Lost Moon) tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe. Minutes after the explosion, the three astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for a way to fix the ship to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour. Now, thirty years after the launch of the mission, Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger add a new preface and never-before-seen photographs to Apollo 13. In their preface, they offer an incisive look at America's waxing and waning love affair with space exploration during the past three decades, culminating only recently when the Apollo 13 spacecraft itself, long consigned to an aviation museum outside Paris, was at last returned to its rightful home in the United States. As inspiring today as it was thirty years ago, the story of Apollo 13 is a timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit and sparkling individual heroism.
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- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019472
- Title
- Apollo 13: Commemorative Edition on the 30th Anniversary
- Author
- Kluger, Jeffrey; Lovell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618056653
- ISBN 13
- 9780618056651
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- APOLLO MISSIONS MOON LANDING SPACE PROGRAM ASTRONAUTS FILM MOVIE RON HOWARD EXPLORATION
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- Film/Television;
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