Research Catalog

Title

The space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy : a rare photographic history / John Bisney and J.L. Pickering ; foreword by Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Author

Bisney, John, 1954-

Publication

• Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pickering, J. L., 1957-
• Kraft, Christopher C.

Description

xiii, 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

"In this engaging and inspiring work, John Bisney and J.L. Pickering have written and illustrated a thorough history of John F. Kennedy's role in developing the United States' space program. Ironically, despite his close association with the race to space, Kennedy initially thought the space program was too expensive and did not support a manned space flight until the Russians sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit just a few months after Kennedy's inauguration. Now, a century after Kennedy's birth, the United States has reached the moon, sent probes into deep space, and had its astronauts spend extended time in space, all of which are a legacy of Kennedy's presidency. Surprising, though, there hasn't been a photographic history of Kennedy's involvement in the space race despite the visual glamour associated with the space race and Kennedy's presidency until this engaging book by two widely respected chroniclers of the race to space"--

Subjects

• Astronautics and state
• History
• Space race > United States
• United States
• Astronautics and state > United States > History > 20th century
• Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Influence
• 1900-1999
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).

Contents

Foreword / Christopher C. Kraft Jr. -- Introduction / John Bisney -- 1961 : "here we are behind" -- February 1962 : "the kind of American of whom we are the most proud" -- March-August 1962 : "we are glad to see you again" -- September 11, 1962 : "do you think we have bitten off more than we can chew?" -- September 12, 1962 : "but why, some say, the moon?" -- October-December 1962 : "I'm not that interested in space" -- January-August 1963 : "there are great frontiers still to be crossed" -- September-November 1963 : "space has lost a lot of its glamour" -- November 21, 1963 : "this space effort must go on" -- In remembrance : "for the eyes of the world now look into space."

Call Number

JFG 19-126

ISBN

• 9780826358097
• 0826358098

LCCN

2018024373

OCLC

1050143343

Author

Bisney, John, 1954- author.

Title

The space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy : a rare photographic history / John Bisney and J.L. Pickering ; foreword by Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Publisher

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Pickering, J. L., 1957- author.

Kraft, Christopher C., writer of foreword.

Other Form:

Online version: Bisney, John, 1954- author. Space-age presidency of John F. Kennedy Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019 9780826358103 (DLC) 2018041041

Research Call Number

JFG 19-126