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200 10$aDr. Space$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of Wernher von Braun /$fBob Ward, foreword by John Glenn
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a""Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""1. The Accursed Blessing ""; ""2. To the Manor Born ""; ""3. Pioneering Rocketry ""; ""4. Peenemunde Priority ""; ""5. Encounters with Hitler""; ""6. Comes Now the V-2""; ""7. Bound for America ""; ""8. A Fort Called Bliss""; ""9. New Home Alabama ""; ""10. Early Media Trail ""; ""11. Toward the Cosmos ""; ""12. Nobody's Perfect ""; ""13. New Age of Space""; ""14. Child of the Moon ""; ""15. En Route to Victory ""; ""16. Lunar Triumph ""; ""17. Rocket City Legacy ""; ""18. After Apollo, What? ""; ""19. D.C. and the Gods""
327   $a""20. Perigee in Washington """"21. On the Private Side""; ""22. Too Soon Dying ""; ""Epilogue ""; ""Appendix A: Letter on Goddard Patents""; ""Appendix B: Letter on Moral Responsibility in Hitler's Germany ""; ""Notes ""; ""Selected Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""About the Author ""
330   $aWritten by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Wernher von Braun's life, Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some, a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a brilliant scientist with limitless curiosity and a drive to achieve his goals at almost any price from, developing the world's first ballistic missile used against the Allies in World War II to helping l
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