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Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard

By Neal Thompson
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By Neal Thompson
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The definitive biography of Alan Shepard, America’s first man in space, with a new Foreword by Chris Kraft

“One of the finest books ever written about the space program.”—Homer Hickan, author of Rocket Boys

“A wonderful and gripping biography . . . meticulously reported in the best tradition of David Halberstam.”—Buzz Bissinger, New York Times bestselling author of Friday Night Lights

Alan Shepard was the brashest, cockiest, and most flamboyant of America’s original Mercury Seven, but he wa...

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