One giant leap the story of Neil Armstrong
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- ISBN: 9780547349794 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0547349793 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (1 v. (unpaged)) : col. ill. - Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.
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Subject: | Armstrong, Neil -- 1930- -- Juvenile literature Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
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- Baker & Taylor
Discusses the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in Ohio to his famous moon landing - Baker & Taylor
Discusses the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in Ohio to his famous moon landing. - Baker & Taylor
Discusses the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in Ohio where he built model airplanes and worked odd jobs to pay for flying lessons to his famous moon landing in 1969. Reprint. - Baker & Taylor
In a celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the first moon walk, the author ofRuth Law Thrills a Nation discusses the life and accomplishments of astronaut Neil Armstrong, from his childhood in Ohio to his famous moon landing. - HoughtonAs a young boy, Neil Armstrong had a recurring dream in which he held his breath and floated high above the people, houses, and cars. He spent his free time reading stacks of flying magazines, building model airplanes, and staring through the homemade telescope mounted on the roof of his neighbor's garage. As a teenager, Neil became obsessed with the idea of flight, working odd jobs to pay for flying lessons at a nearby airport. He earned his student pilot's license on his sixteenth birthday. But who was to know that this shy boy, who also loved books and music, would become the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969. Here is the inspiring story of one boy's dream - a dream of flying that landed him more than 200,000 miles away in space, gazing upon the awesome sight of a tiny earth hanging suspended in a perfectly black sky. On the thirtieth anniversary of the moon landing, Don Brown's expressive story reveals the achievement of this American legend, Neil Armstrong, re
- HoughtonAs a young boy, Neil Armstrong had a recurring dream in which he held his breath and floated high in the sky. He spent his free time reading stacks of flying magazines, building model airplanes, and staring through a homemade telescope. As a teenager, Neil worked odd jobs to pay for flying lessons at a nearby airport. He earned his student pilotâs license on his sixteenth birthday. But who was to know that this shy boy, who also loved books and music, would become the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969.