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Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race

3 reviews
Von Hardesty, Gene Eisman

National Geographic, 2007

Both sides then.
In a snapshot world with nano attention spans, Epic Rivalry manages to grab and hold on. The world in 1957 was on the seam between vacuum tube and microchip, between perceived American complacency and Russian Atomic tests that dropped Strontium 90 in milk bottles across the United States. Amid the tension and fear, two clumsy stumbling giants began the race that framed the future and shapes the ...

Great Aviators and Epic Flights

1 review
Von Hardesty

Universe, 2003

Adventure and Fascination in Flight
I bought this book for my husband (a real aviation buff) for his birthday. He loved it! The stories in the book capture the most significant flights from the first century of man's ability to soar. I particularly liked the story about Louis Bleriot crossing the English Channel in 1911. Stunning illustrations from the best aviation collections in the work really put my husband in the cockpit for ...

Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency

7 reviews
Von Hardesty

Northword Press, 2003

A reader engaging, informed and informative presentation
Van Hardesty brings a special expertise to this specialized aviation history by being the curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Air Force One: The Aircraft That Shaped The Modern Presidency is a reader engaging, informed and informative presentation on those advances in air travel which have affected the American Presidency and enabled America's leaders to make more and ...

Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon

24 reviews
David Reynolds, Wally Schirra, ...

Harcourt, 2002

Gem for Space Nerds
I am a space nerd - majored in space physics, minored in space studies, worked in the space industry. Am enthralled with the Apollo program and have studied it extensively. This book does have a few minor errors, but they in no way detract from the thorough examination of the Apollo program. The book is worth its weight in charts, maps, diagrams and photographs alone. For example, I had never ...

Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History
Von Hardesty

Collins, 2008

Colin Powell once observed that "a dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work." This sentiment is mirrored dramatically in the story of African Americans in aerospace history. The invention of the airplane in the first decade of the twentieth century sparked a revolution in modern technology. Aviation in the popular mind became associated with adventure and heroism. For African Americans, ...

Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight)

1 review
Von Hardesty, Dominick Pisano

Smithsonian Books, 1984

Wings: Take Flight
As an African American, what can be better than to read this a- bout another African American. Oh, what energy and testimony of a man to be involved with so many during a time of the prevalent "Jim Crow" era. It is a joy to take a seat in a comfortable chair and take an adventure with William J. Powell as he sat in various cockpits. He was on fire to see that cognitively, fi- nancially, and ...

Pacific War Diary

3 reviews
James J. Fahey

University of Washington Press, 1994

A great read. A "Citizen Sailors" diary from WW2. Unique!
This is a fascinating book. Written by a young man who joined the navy in 1942 and served through 1945 out in the Pacific aboard the light cruiser "Montpielier" Fahey is neither a career sailor, or a writer. But he accomplishes an amazing thing; that is transporting the reader to the author's time and place, and making you feel as if you are there, day by day. It's delightfully simple ...

Milestones of Aviation

1 review
John T. Greenwood

Universe, 2008

Wanderfull
I have had this book some years ago, but unfortunately I haven't. I am trying to find it in Spain since 1993 without results.

Spectacular Washington (Spectacular)

1 review
Von Hardesty

Universe, 2004

DC
This book has some great photos of DC. I loved looking at the photos of the places I love visiting.

RED PHOENIX PB (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)

4 reviews
Von Hardesty

Smithsonian, 1991

Outstandingly researched and documentd work.
Hardesty's Red Phoenix is a triumph of historical research and scholarship on the fascinating subject of Soviet Aviation. Long ignored, and typically derided deliberately in the West, the story of the Soviet Air Forces of the Second World War is examined here with superlative care and understanding. Hardesty draws extensively from Soviet-era sources, carefully discriminating the superior work ...

Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero

3 reviews
Von Hardesty, 2002

Nice summary of his life
This is not an in-depth biography. Rather, it is more of an overview of Lindbergh's life and accomplishments, in a nice format mixing text, charts, and photos. Lindbergh is famous for his landmark 33-hour solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. However, it was not successful due to him being "Lucky Lindbergh", but by having the right equipment at the time and good planning. The newly ...

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