Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932096418
• ISBN13: 9781932096415
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: YWAM Publishing
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9