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Title: Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster
Subtitle: Heroes of History
Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-09-17
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders
Publisher's Summary:
Alan Shepard gripped the abort handle and braced his feet against the capsule floor. Five, four, three...don't screw up, he muttered. Two, one, zero, liftoff.
Alan felt himself rising into the sky. He could scarcely believe it. The boy who grew up with a passion for flying was off on the ultimate flight - to space!
Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon.
When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise to benefit others, raising money to fuel the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The achievements of this high flyer - America's "Lindbergh of Space" - inspire all who dare to live their dreams.
Members Reviews:
Worth buying.
Good book. Popular read.
Excellent Read... Look for the Separate Curriculum Guide
I just read the biography of Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster by Janet and Geoff Benge. I realized as I read how little I knew about the development of Aviation and aeronautical history. I learned so much! It was quite interesting to me. As I read the story of his life, I was struck early on by how competitive this man was. I was also struck, as a wife and mom, by how much of his life he was absent from his family. I struggled with these two facets of his life as I read through the book, but I pressed on. I discovered that after he retired from the Navy and NASA, he went on to pursue philanthropic efforts. He gave much of himself to others. He did also commit to raising his wife's sister's daughter when she passed away. Yet, I was still puzzled as to how to feel towards this man who was extremely competitive and struck me as possibly abrasive towards others. In fact, he was known for having rough edges. But, what I didn't know when I finished the book prompted me to begin searching for more about this man and about space travel.
I learned that Alan Shepard was a very private man. He did co-author one autobiography of himself and other astronauts, Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. It is one of the sources the Benges list in their bibliography at the back of the book. I discussed the book with my husband and he explained to me that in order to do what Alan Shepard did, he needed to be extremely competitive--to have the drive in order to persevere against the odds and when things were tough. Indeed, his competitiveness was of great value to him in this sense. I also struggled with the realization that only college graduates were considered when NASA was beginning. It seemed rather elitest for that time to me. But, my husband explained that in order to be an astronaut, someone needed to have the skills and knowledge that came from attending college. I knew he was right.
But, it was actually the curriculum guideAlan Sheppard - Curriculum Guide (Heroes of History Unit Study Curriculum Guides)that set my heart at ease and helped me respect Alan Shepard more deeply. It was the curriculum guide that helped me see him as a flawed man, but as one worthy of respect.
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Title: Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster
Subtitle: Heroes of History
Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
Narrator: Tim Gregory
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-09-17
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders
Publisher's Summary:
Alan Shepard gripped the abort handle and braced his feet against the capsule floor. Five, four, three...don't screw up, he muttered. Two, one, zero, liftoff.
Alan felt himself rising into the sky. He could scarcely believe it. The boy who grew up with a passion for flying was off on the ultimate flight - to space!
Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon.
When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise to benefit others, raising money to fuel the dreams of science students and guiding NASA missions. The achievements of this high flyer - America's "Lindbergh of Space" - inspire all who dare to live their dreams.
Members Reviews:
Worth buying.
Good book. Popular read.
Excellent Read... Look for the Separate Curriculum Guide
I just read the biography of Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster by Janet and Geoff Benge. I realized as I read how little I knew about the development of Aviation and aeronautical history. I learned so much! It was quite interesting to me. As I read the story of his life, I was struck early on by how competitive this man was. I was also struck, as a wife and mom, by how much of his life he was absent from his family. I struggled with these two facets of his life as I read through the book, but I pressed on. I discovered that after he retired from the Navy and NASA, he went on to pursue philanthropic efforts. He gave much of himself to others. He did also commit to raising his wife's sister's daughter when she passed away. Yet, I was still puzzled as to how to feel towards this man who was extremely competitive and struck me as possibly abrasive towards others. In fact, he was known for having rough edges. But, what I didn't know when I finished the book prompted me to begin searching for more about this man and about space travel.
I learned that Alan Shepard was a very private man. He did co-author one autobiography of himself and other astronauts, Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon. It is one of the sources the Benges list in their bibliography at the back of the book. I discussed the book with my husband and he explained to me that in order to do what Alan Shepard did, he needed to be extremely competitive--to have the drive in order to persevere against the odds and when things were tough. Indeed, his competitiveness was of great value to him in this sense. I also struggled with the realization that only college graduates were considered when NASA was beginning. It seemed rather elitest for that time to me. But, my husband explained that in order to be an astronaut, someone needed to have the skills and knowledge that came from attending college. I knew he was right.
But, it was actually the curriculum guideAlan Sheppard - Curriculum Guide (Heroes of History Unit Study Curriculum Guides)that set my heart at ease and helped me respect Alan Shepard more deeply. It was the curriculum guide that helped me see him as a flawed man, but as one worthy of respect.