Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins

Collins, Michael; Lindbergh, Charles A.

ISBN 10: 0374119171 / ISBN 13: 9780374119171

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 1974

About this Item

Signed & inscribed by Michael Collins to the previous owner on the front free end page. First edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Jacket shows minor edge wear, including some small closed tears and bumping to corners, as well as some soiling; otherwise very good. Boards show some fading only along edges, otherwise very good. Interior clean and binding sound.

Seller Inventory # 95412

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374119171
• ISBN 13: 9780374119171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed / Inscribed
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events - technical and spiritual - of our lifetime. In this remarkable book, Michael Collins conveys, a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humour of that adventure. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his Apollo 11 space walk, presenting an evocative picture of the joys of flight as well as a new perspective on time, light, and movement from someone who has seen the fragile Earth from the other side of the moon.

Review

"Collins tells what his space journeys meant to him as a human being [and] discusses the role of man amid the multitudinous mechanical marvels . . . Profoundly affecting." --"The New Yorker
""Michael Collins can write . . . No other person who has flown in space has captured the experience so vividly." --Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr., "The New York Times Book Review"