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A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins

By Michael D'Antonio
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Unabridged — 10 hours, 52 minutes
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By Michael D'Antonio
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Unabridged — 10 hours, 52 minutes
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Michael D'Antonio captures the wackiness of the first year of the space race as the Americans scrambled desperately to match the Soviets and President Eisenhower intervened to guarantee that the space program would not be run by the military.

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Science & TechnologyHistoryNonfictionAstronomyUnited States History20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous20th Century United States History - 1945 to 200020th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous20th Century American History - Space ProgramOuter Space - Observation & Exploration