
lan Shepard was the brashest, cockiest, and most flamboyant of America's original Mercury Seven, but he was also regarded as the best. Intense, colorful, and dramatic-the man who hit a golf ball on the moon-he was among the most private of America's public figures and, until...

The definitive biography of Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, with a new Foreword by Chris Kraft
"One of the finest books ever written about the space program."--Homer Hickan, author of Rocket Boys
"A wonderful...