Americans Into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury (Landmark Books, Number 101). This item is unavailable.Americans Into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury (Landmark Books, Number 101)

Description: More than sixty black and white photo illustrations. This is Number 101 in the Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Author Gene Gurney was an Air Force pilot for 19 years. He wrote others in this series -- Flying Aces of World War I, Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini, and the Landmark Giant book Americans to the Moon: The Story of Project Apollo. BINDNG/CONDITION: light turquoise cloth; this (like all the later numbers in the series) does not have the Landmark device, but instead has a space capsule; the top edge tint matches the cloth; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket. index. Photo endpapers. 8vo (8.5 inches tall). 190 pages.