For spacious skies : the uncommon journey of a Mercury astronaut /

For spacious skies : the uncommon journey of a Mercury astronaut /

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Author / Creator:Carpenter, M. Scott (Malcolm Scott), 1925-2013
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Orlando : Harcourt, c2002.
Description:xiii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Carpenter, M. Scott -- (Malcolm Scott), -- 1925-2013
Carpenter, M. Scott -- (Malcolm Scott), -- 1925-2013
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Space flights.
Astronauts.
Space flights.
United States.
Autobiographies
Biography.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4885789
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Other authors / contributors:Stoever, Kris.
ISBN:0151004676
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part 1. Earth
  • 1. Buddy
  • 2. A Frozen Sea
  • 3. The Unpleasantness
  • 4. Pocketknives, Pens, and Other Edge Tools
  • Part 2. Sky
  • 5. I Am Now a Naval Aviation Cadet
  • 6. A Navy Wife?
  • 7. Love, War, and Quonset Huts
  • Part 3. Stars
  • 8. For Spacious Skies
  • 9. You Are Hereby Ordered
  • 10. One Hundred Chimps
  • 11. The Fibrillating Heart
  • 12. Delta Becomes Aurora
  • 13. Commander Carpenter and His Flying Machine!
  • 14. The Color of Fire
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
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