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Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight, Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time is the definitive story of Neil's life of flight he shared for five decades with a trusted friend--Jay Barbree. Barbree writes about Neil's three passions--flight, family, and friends. This is the inside story of Neil Armstrong from the time he flew combat missions in the Korean War, to when he saved his Gemini 8 by flying the first emergency return from Earth orbit, to when he flew Apollo 11 to the moon's Sea of Tranquility. Through his friendship with Neil and his dedicated research, Barbree brings us the most accurate account of his friend's life, the book he and the famed astronaut planned together for twenty years.

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"Michael Prichard is his usual solid self, not adding false emotion to a story that is filled with excitement. At the same time, he varies his tone and pacing to keep the narrative flowing.-- ""AudioFile"" ""A wholly admiring assessment of Armstrong the aviator and Armstrong the man."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""An eye-opening and entertaining tale of the race to the moon."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Much of Barbree's writing has a 'you are there' immediacy, because he was present for many of the book's key events. During his more than half-century as space correspondent for NBC News, Barbree witnessed and reported on each and every launch of the US human space program. He is at his best when describing the visceral thrill of rocket flight, the lifeless majesty of the moon, and the visual splendor of Earth from space. These poetic passages are made all the more poignant by his close brush with becoming an astronaut, as a finalist in NASA's failed-to-launch 'Journalist in Space' program."" -- ""Washington Post"""

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In the course of his fifty-five-year career with NBC News, Jay Barbree is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American astronaut flights and moon landings. He received an Emmy Award for his coverage of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon, broke the cause of the Challenger accident, and still covers space for NBC's TV networks and NBCnews.com. He was also the lead writer for the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot coauthored with astronauts Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Neil Armstrong. Michael Prichard has recorded more than 500 full-length audiobooks. He received an Audie Award for Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman and was named a Top Ten Golden Voice by SmartMoney magazine. He has also received several AudioFile Earphones Awards for works including At All Costs by Sam Moses and In Nixon's Web by L. Patrick Gray III. His has narrated works by Mark Twain, John Cheever, and John Updike, and read Fritjof Capra's book The Web of Life for Macmillan Audio. In addition to his audiobook work, Prichard is an actor on screen and stage, including as a member of Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company. He performed the role of Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451, a performance for which Bradbury dubbed him the finest Beatty in history. Prichard holds an M.F.A. in theater from the University of Southern California.

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