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Escape from Earth

A Secret History of the Space Rocket

MacDonald, Fraser

Escape from Earth

Escape from Earth

A Secret History of the Space Rocket

Escape from Earth

 

The story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who brought about the American space programme proves to be eccentric, occultist and rife with unusual characters like a Coen brothers film, in this look at American life and inventiveness in a paranoid, changeable time

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Beschrijving Escape from Earth

Lies, spies, movies, sex-magic and socialism in America: the secret history of the first rocket in space.

ISBN
9781781259702
Pagina's
384
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
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