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Table of Contents:

• A curious boy
• A gifted student
• Dreams of flight
• Figuring it out
• Lift off
• Crashing and burning
• The race for space
• At Mescalero ranch
• Reaching new heights
• A secret science
• A threat from Germany
• The last launches
• JATOs, PBYs, and V-2s.

Author/Creator:

Streissguth, Thomas, 1958-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Rocket man: the story of Robert Goddard [by Streissguth, T.]

Subjects:

Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945 — Juvenile literature

Rocketry — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature

Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945

Rocketry

United States

Genres:

Juvenile works

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 86) and index.

Audience:

Children

Physical Description:

88 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

J921 G578s

ISBNs:

0876148631

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

94022836

OCLC Numbers:

30919257