{"product_id":"the-mercury-13-paperback-by-martha-ackmann","title":"The Mercury 13 Paperback by Martha Ackmann","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2004-07-13)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e288\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375758935\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e367.36\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.29 x 13.13 x 1.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent   secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed   the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury   7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys’ club at NASA and on   Capitol Hill. The USSR sent its first woman into space in 1963; the United States   did not follow suit for another twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the first time, Martha Ackmann   tells the story of the dramatic events surrounding these thirteen remarkable women,   all crackerjack pilots and patriots who sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for   a chance to participate in America’s space race against the Soviet Union. In addition   to talking extensively to these women, Ackmann interviewed Chuck Yeager, John Glenn,   Scott Carpenter, and others at NASA and in the White House with firsthand knowledge   of the program, and includes here never-before-seen photographs of the Mercury 13   passing their Lovelace tests. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite the crushing disappointment of watching their   dreams being derailed, the Mercury 13 went on to extraordinary achievement in their   lives: Jerrie Cobb, who began flying when she was so small she had to sit on pillows   to see out of the cockpit, dedicated her life to flying solo missions to the Amazon   rain forest; Wally Funk, who talked her way into the Lovelace trials, went on to   become one of the first female FAA investigators; Janey Hart, mother of eight and,   at age forty, the oldest astronaut candidate, had the political savvy to steer the   women through congressional hearings and later helped found the National Organization   for Women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A provocative tribute to these extraordinary women, The Mercury 13 is   an unforgettable story of determination, resilience, and inextinguishable hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eMartha Ackmann teaches at Mount Holyoke College, is a frequent columnist, and has written for publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Ackmann is co-recipient of the Amelia Earhart Research Scholars Grant. She lives in western Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynn Sherr, correspondent for the ABC News program 20\/20, covered NASA and the space program in the 1980s, anchoring and reporting on all the early shuttle missions, through the Challenger explosion and the subsequent Rogers Commission hearings. Sherr was a semifinalist in the (now abandoned) Journalist-in-Space competition. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552926552225,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375758935","price":28.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375758935.jpg?v=1781720113","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-mercury-13-paperback-by-martha-ackmann","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}