Space - Softcover

Michener, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449441830 ISBN 13: 9780449441831

Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1983

Synopsis

FIRST EDITION. Shelf and edge wear. Creasing to cover/spine. Owner colorless stamp / imprint. on title page. Pages are clean and binding is tight. First Edition.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Space. It is the object of dreams and daring of countless men and women who have made it the last, great frontier of human endeavor. James Michener has brought the human touch to that exciting exploration by bringing to life six men and women. Their dedication to the space experience defines its complexities and fascination as no other writer can.
From the Paperback edition.

About the Author

James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0449441830
• ISBN 13: 9780449441831
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 807