Of a Fire on the Moon Contributor(s): Mailer, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553390619 ISBN-13: 9780553390612 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 629.454 |
LCCN: 2014415502 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer--the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction--wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America's reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA's clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could. Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon "The gift of a genius . . . a twentieth-century American epic--a Moby Dick of space."--New York "Mailer's account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. . . . It is an act of revelation--the only verbal deed to be worthy of the dream and the reality it celebrates."--Saturday Review "A wild and dazzling book."--The New York Times Book Review "Still the most challenging and stimulating account of the] mission to appear in print."--The Washington Post Praise for Norman Mailer " Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation."--The New York Times "A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent."--The New Yorker "Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure."--The Washington Post "A devastatingly alive and original creative mind."--Life "Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance."--The New York Review of Books "The largest mind and imagination in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book."--Chicago Tribune "Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream."--The Cincinnati Post |