Genesis, the Story of Apollo 8 – Autographed Copy
In the final weeks of 1968, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to leave Earth orbit, travel to another world, photograph Earthrise, and speak to the world from lunar orbit on Christmas Eve.
Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8 tells how that mission came together, why it mattered in the turmoil of 1968, and why Apollo 8 remains one of the decisive moments in the American space program.
This was not merely a preparatory flight. Apollo 8 was the psychological turning point of the space race: a dangerous, audacious mission launched at the end of a brutal year, proving that America could still do something large, difficult, and worthy of awe.
This newest edition of Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 includes a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by the author.
You can buy it at amazon, or you can order it directly from the author for a slightly higher price and get an autographed copy. The autographed price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each.
To place an order, either send the money by Zelle (using the email address: zimmerman at nasw dot org), or mail a check, payable to Robert Zimmerman to:
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
Please allow several weeks for shipping.
"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
"With great intelligence and an eye for enjoyable reading, Zimmerman highlights a period in American history when everyday heroes still existed and we had not lost our capacity to be awed by scientific achievement."-- Publishers Weekly, 9/28/98
"Zimmerman succeeds in capturing the dramatic events surrounding man's first flight to the moon. . . . Through Genesis all of us can recapture the beginnings of the space program." -- Houston Chronicle
"Well-told . . . Provide[s] a unique perspective . . . Zimmerman's work is the first to cover this flight alone and to stress its monumental significance as the most important Apollo mission." -- Library Journal
"A detailed, compelling account of the first manned mission to orbit the moon." -- Spaceviews
"Zimmerman keeps in check this potentially hyperbolic drama, giving it a nice, steady rhythm." -- Kirkus ReviewsAnd from the astronauts:
"Genesis captures the essence of the space race and the Apollo program." -- Frank Borman (commander, Apollo 8)
"The flight of Apollo 8 brought a shining ending to a year of turmoil. Zimmerman tells the reality of that story with vigor." -- Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 astronaut and commander of Apollo 13)
"Gensis: The Story of Apollo 8 successfully weaves together the flight to the moon with the political backdrop of that very troubled decade of the sixties." -- Bill Anders (Apollo 8 astronaut)