John Glenn: A Memoir
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At a time when overwritten biographies arguably provide too much information about their subjects, astronaut-turned-politician-turned-astronaut John Glenn's breezy memoir is welcome. His life story is simply told, not terribly reflective but enormously compelling: an Ohio boy grows up to become the first American to orbit the earth, takes a shot at the presidency but misses, and triumphantly returns to outer space as a senior citizen and national hero. Following a section on his youth, Glenn describes being a fighter pilot in the Second World War and Korea (where he lived in the same Quonset hut as baseball leg
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Manufacturer: Bantam
Release date: 2 November 1999
ISBN-10 : 0553110748 | ISBN-13: 9780553110746
Release date: 2 November 1999
ISBN-10 : 0553110748 | ISBN-13: 9780553110746
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