Bibliograph

Of a fire on the Moon, Norman Mailer

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Of a fire on the Moon, Norman Mailer

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Of a fire on the Moon

Responsibility statement

Norman Mailer

Summary

Overview: 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

Table Of Contents

Part 1: Aquarius: -- Loss of ego -- Psychology of astronauts -- Some origins of the fire -- Greatest week -- Dream of the future's face -- Part 2: Apollo: -- Psychology of machines -- Trajectory to the moon -- Day in space and another day -- Near side and the far side -- Iron of astronauts -- Ride down -- Sleep on the moon -- Part 3: Age Of Aquarius: -- Hanging of the highwayman -- World is bigger infinitely -- Burial by the sea

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