John F. Kennedy: From Florida to the Moon

by Raymond P Sinibaldi

It was September 12, 1962, when Pres. John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University before nearly 50,000 people. By that time, America had launched but four men into space--the suborbital flights of Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom and the nearly identical three-orbit journeys of John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Buoyed by the success of those missions and cognizant of the danger that lay ahead, the president rearticulated his vision and reissued...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540239020
• ISBN13: 9781540239020
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"