Moon Shot; The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Shepard, Alan and Deke Slayton - 1994

Atlanta, GA: Turner Publications, 1994. First Edition / Early Printing. Royal blue paper over boards and titling on spine in silver. Fine/fine. SIGNED "Alan Shepard" on title page. 5.75" x 9", pp. 9-383. with 32 pp. of B&W photographs. Collectible copy with only some light bumping at the head and foot of spine, no defects noted on the DJ. With an introduction by Neil Armstrong, this book gives an up close and personal perspective of the pioneering days of space exploration by two of America's heroic astronauts. "Within a period of four years, twenty-four American astronauts, some twice, sailed through the vacuum from earth to the moon. Twelve from those twenty-four rode their landers down to the lunar surface, walked and drove through the dust and rocks of the small world." (p 330).