The Resource Starman : the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
Starman : the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
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- Summary
- On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture into space, gaining worldwide fame in a quick 108-minute journey. Starman tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to international icon, his disintegration under the pressure of fame, and his final disillusionment with the USSR. Before President Kennedy had put an American on the moon, Gagarin himself was dead, killed at age thirty-four in a mysterious air crash. Publicly mourned, his death was privately met with relief by the Soviet hierarchy, and the KGB report into his death remains secret. Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and highly secretive Russian space program. Starman looks behind the scenes of the first great space spectacular, and reveals how it came frighteningly close to destruction--P. [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 252 p., [8] p. of plates
- Note
- Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 1998
- Contents
-
- Farmboy
- Recruitment
- The chief designer
- Preparation
- Pre-flight
- 108 minutes
- Coming home
- The Space Race
- The Foros incident
- Back to work
- Falling to Earth
- Wreckage
- Isbn
- 9780802779502
- Label
- Starman : the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin
- Title
- Starman
- Title remainder
- the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin
- Statement of responsibility
- Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
- Title variation
- Star man
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to venture into space, gaining worldwide fame in a quick 108-minute journey. Starman tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to international icon, his disintegration under the pressure of fame, and his final disillusionment with the USSR. Before President Kennedy had put an American on the moon, Gagarin himself was dead, killed at age thirty-four in a mysterious air crash. Publicly mourned, his death was privately met with relief by the Soviet hierarchy, and the KGB report into his death remains secret. Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and highly secretive Russian space program. Starman looks behind the scenes of the first great space spectacular, and reveals how it came frighteningly close to destruction--P. [4] of cover
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- ROC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Doran, Jamie
- Dewey number
-
- 629.45/0092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TL789.85.G3
- LC item number
- D67 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Bizony, Piers
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich
- Astronauts
- Astronautics
- Manned space flight
- Label
- Starman : the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
- Note
- Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 1998
- Bar code
- 31223096296034
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Farmboy -- Recruitment -- The chief designer -- Preparation -- Pre-flight -- 108 minutes -- Coming home -- The Space Race -- The Foros incident -- Back to work -- Falling to Earth -- Wreckage
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 252 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802779502
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- System control number
-
- 711758313
- (OCoLC)711758313
- Label
- Starman : the truth behind the legend of Yuri Gagarin, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
- Note
- Originally published: London : Bloomsbury, 1998
- Bar code
- 31223096296034
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Farmboy -- Recruitment -- The chief designer -- Preparation -- Pre-flight -- 108 minutes -- Coming home -- The Space Race -- The Foros incident -- Back to work -- Falling to Earth -- Wreckage
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 252 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802779502
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- System control number
-
- 711758313
- (OCoLC)711758313
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