Song for the Cosmos (Paperback)

Jan Lower

ISBN 10: 1682770923 / ISBN 13: 9781682770924

Published by Creative Company,US, Mankato, 2023

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Paperback. Age range 9 to 12Blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson led a hardscrabble life, but in 1977, NASA's Voyager spacecrafts were launched, each carrying a golden record to introduce planet Earth to the cosmos, and his song 'Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground' became the defining anthem. Weaving together elements of Johnson's biography with an account of how a team of astrophysicists, writers, and artists created the golden record for the Voyager mission, Jan Lower and Gary Kelley craft a tale that is itself A Song for the Cosmos. Blues guitarist BlindWillie Johnson led a hardscrabble life, but in 1977, NASA's Voyager spacecrafts launched into space, carrying a golden record to introduce planet Earth to the cosmos, and one of his songs became the defining anthem. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Song for the Cosmos (Paperback)
• Publisher: Creative Company,US, Mankato
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1682770923
• ISBN 13: 9781682770924
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Kelley, Gary
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson led a hardscrabble life, but in 1977, NASA's Voyager spacecrafts were launched, carrying a golden record to introduce planet Earth to the cosmos, and one of his songs became the defining anthem.