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" Light this candle : "
Neal Thompson ; [with a new foreword by Chris Kraft]
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BL
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697491
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b519680
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| Main Entry
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Thompson, Neal
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| Title & Author
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Light this candle : : the life and times of Alan Shepard /\ Neal Thompson ; [with a new foreword by Chris Kraft]
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1st pbk. ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Three Rivers Press,, [2005], ©2004
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xxv, 533 pages, [16] pages of plates :: illustrations, portraits ;; 26 cm
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140008122X
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: 9781400081226
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-517) and index
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| Abstract
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Alan Shepard was the brashest, cockiest, and most flamboyant of America's original Mercury Seven, but he was also regarded as the best. Intense, colorful, and dramatic, he was among the most private of America's public figures and, until his death in 1998, he guarded the story of his life zealously. Light This Candle, based on Neal Thompson's exclusive access to private papers and interviews with Shepard's family and closest friends - including John Glenn, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper - offers a riveting, action-packed account of Shepard's life
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Shepard, Alan B., (Alan Bartlett),1923-1998
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Astronauts-- United States, Biography
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TL789.85.S5T49 2004
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TL789.85.S5T49 2004
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Life and times of Alan Shepard
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