{"product_id":"dear-neil-armstrong-letters-to-the-first-man-from-all-mankind-hardcover","title":"Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man from All Mankind - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames R. Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAl Worden\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years between the historic first moon landing by \u003ci\u003eApollo 11\u003c\/i\u003e on July 20, 1969, and his death at age 82 on August 25, 2012, Neil Armstrong received hundreds of thousands of cards and letters from all over the world, congratulating him, praising him, requesting pictures and autographs, and asking him what must have seemed to him to be limitless--and occasionally intrusive--questions. Of course, all the famous astronauts received fan mail, but the sheer volume Armstrong had to deal with for more than four decades after his moon landing was staggering. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, the preponderance of those letters--some 75,000 of them--are preserved in the archives at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. \u003ci\u003eDear Neil Armstrong: Letters to the First Man on the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e publishes a careful sampling of these letters--roughly 400--reflecting the various kinds of correspondence that Armstrong received along with representative samples of his replies. Selected and edited by James R. Hansen, Armstrong's authorized biographer and author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller \u003ci\u003eFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection sheds light on Armstrong's enduring impact and offers an intimate glimpse into the cultural meanings of human spaceflight. Readers will explore what the thousands of letters to Neil Armstrong meant not only to those who wrote them, but as a snapshot of one of humankind's greatest achievements in the twentieth century. They will see how societies and cultures projected their own meanings onto one of the world's great heroes and iconic figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames R. Hansen is professor emeritus of history at Auburn University in Alabama. An expert in aerospace history and the history of science and technology, Hansen has published a dozen books and numerous articles covering a wide variety of topics, including the early days of aviation, the history of aerospace engineering, NASA, the moon landings, the Space Shuttle program, and China's role in space. His book \u003ci\u003eFirst Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which is the only authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, spent three weeks as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller in 2005 and 2018, and garnered a number of major book awards, including a nomination for a Pulitzer Prize. Translations of \u003ci\u003eFirst Man\u003c\/i\u003e have been published in over twenty languages. A Universal Studios film adaptation of the book hit the silver screen in October 2018, with Academy Award winner Damien Chazelle (\u003ci\u003eLa La Land\u003c\/i\u003e) directing the film and actor Ryan Gosling starring as Armstrong. Hansen served as coproducer for the film. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the years Hansen has served on a number of important advisory boards and panels, including the Research Advisory Board for the National Air and Space Museum, Editorial Advisory Board for the Smithsonian Institution Press, and Advisory Board for the Archives of Aerospace Exploration at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also is a past vice president of the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, Virginia. For the past ten years he has served on the National Air and Space Museum Trophy Selection Board. His experience as an academic and public speaker has been wide-ranging both topically and geographically; he frequently serves as keynote speaker, panelist, and lecturer on a wide variety of topics in the history of science and technology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191481164083,"sku":"9781557538741","price":63.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dHZEeHRpVzFqdmg0TzhnUzB3bUtGZz09.webp?v=1775044807","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/dear-neil-armstrong-letters-to-the-first-man-from-all-mankind-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}