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Magnificent Desolation - The Long Journey Home From the Moon
by Aldrin, Buzz with Ken Abraham
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1408804166
- ISBN 13
- 9781408804162
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Bloomsbury 2010. 2010. Softcover. 8vo softcover 352pp very good. The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on our planet, yet few people know the rest of this true American heroâs story. In Magnificent Desolation, Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that came within seconds of failure and the ultimate insiderâs view of life as one of the superstars of Americaâs space program, he also opens up with remarkable candor about his more personal trialsâand eventual triumphsâback on Earth. From the glory of being part of the mission that fulfilled President Kennedyâs challenge to reach the moon before the decade was out, Aldrin returned home to an Air Force career stripped of purpose or direction, other than as a public relations tool that NASA put to relentless use in a seemingly nonstop world tour. The twin demons of depression and alcoholism emergedâthe first of which Aldrin confronted early and publicly, and the second of which he met with denial until it nearly killed him. He burned through two marriages, his Air Force career came to an inglorious end, and he found himself selling cars for a living when he wasnât drunkenly wrecking them. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety, gained the love of a woman, Lois, who would become the great joy of his life, and dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space explorationânot only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise. .
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- Title
- Magnificent Desolation - The Long Journey Home From the Moon
- Author
- Aldrin, Buzz with Ken Abraham
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1408804166
- ISBN 13
- 9781408804162
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury 2010
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Books Biographies Memoirs Magnificent Desolation Aldrin Buzz
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