Marty Robbins – El Paso
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
This is a wonderful short. The set, the actors, and the song and of course the singer. I do love that arch-top too. Takes me back to the porch in the cool evening with strumming and singing friends Thanks Bob.
Bob,
Thanks for this post. Marty Robbins was an icon of my childhood. “Down in the West Texas Town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl” floats through my mind every so often as I remember listening to the small-town AM radio station in our kitchen as Mom went about her daily chores. I also remember scanning the sports page of the Nashville Tennesseean each Monday, looking for how Robbins did in the latest NASCAR race. I wasn’t so much a NASCAR fan as much as I was a fan of a guy who had it made as musician, but who pursued his passion as a racer. And, he wasn’t just a novelty act, he was serious about it and with six top 10 finishes in the Grand National Series. RIP Marty.