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For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer - the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction - wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America's reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA's clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could.
Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon
"The gift of a genius . . . a twentieth-century American epic - a Moby Dick of space." - New York
"Mailer's account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. . . . It is an act of revelation - the only verbal deed to be worthy of the dream and the reality it celebrates." - Saturday Review
"A wild and dazzling book." - The New York Times Book Review
"Still the most challenging and stimulating account of [the] mission to appear in print." - The Washington Post
Praise for Norman Mailer
"[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation." - The New York Times
"A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent." - The New Yorker
"Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure." - The Washington Post
"A devastatingly alive and original creative mind." - Life
"Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance." - The New York Review of Books
"The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book." - Chicago Tribune
"Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream." - The Cincinnati Post
Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon
"The gift of a genius . . . a twentieth-century American epic - a Moby Dick of space." - New York
"Mailer's account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. . . . It is an act of revelation - the only verbal deed to be worthy of the dream and the reality it celebrates." - Saturday Review
"A wild and dazzling book." - The New York Times Book Review
"Still the most challenging and stimulating account of [the] mission to appear in print." - The Washington Post
Praise for Norman Mailer
"[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation." - The New York Times
"A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent." - The New Yorker
"Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure." - The Washington Post
"A devastatingly alive and original creative mind." - Life
"Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance." - The New York Review of Books
"The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book." - Chicago Tribune
"Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream." - The Cincinnati Post
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