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Rocket Men is Apollo 11 history book

As America marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, a new book has captured the history and drama of the mission which included man’s first landing on the moon. “Rocket Men – The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon” by author Craig Nelson provides a detailed account of the mission and draws from 23,000 pages of NASA and CIA documents, interviews and oral histories.

“The more you know about this story, the prouder you are to be an American,” said Nelson in an interview with Newsradio 780 WBBM. “Apollo 11 was the greatest adventure of the 20-th Century.” Nelson said his decision to write the book came after he searched but could not find the definitive history of Apollo 11.
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