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Title: Challenge Of Contact: A Mainstream Journalist's Report on Interplanetary Diplomacy
Publisher: Origin Pr
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1579830080
ISBN 13: 9781579830083
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: normal wear, no tears

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Phillip Krapf continues his story of the secret deliberations between a race of alien observers called the Verdants, and some 850 world leaders known as ambassadors, an interplanetary liason that will soon lead to a formal and public announcement of contact. This book chronicles the dramatic events of Krapf's second sojourn on the Verdant craft which occured in 1999.

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Philip H. Krapf worked for 25 years as an editor on the Metro copy desk at the Los Angeles Times. During htat time, he shared in a Pulitzer Prize as a member of the metro team that covered the L.A. riots of 1992. Before his retirement, Krapf had spent a total of 30 years in the newspaper business, starting out as a cub reporter and eventually becoming the managing editor of the newspaper for the San Fernando valley community, before moving on to the L.A.Times. He has remained active in retirement as a freelance writer and lives with his wife in Southern california.

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The Friends of the Sierra Vista was founded in 1973 as a volunteer non-profit organization to support the Sierra Vista Public Library. We encourage the use of the library's resources and services, promote the value of the library to the community and provide supplementary funds. The funds generated from the sale of donated books, videos, records, etc. by the public, are used for the special needs not covered by the library's annual funding process. These special needs include: the Summer Reading Program for young people, Born to Read Program for newborns, support of the Raymond H. Dunne Trust Fund for Capital Improvements and purchases of technological equipment utilized by the library. We also donate books to various organizations such as the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Department of Corrections

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