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Foreword | p. xi |
Prologue | p. xv |
Before Space | |
"Alan was really kind of a loner" | p. 3 |
"I think I love you" | p. 30 |
"The kamikazes raised hell last night" | p. 57 |
"Unsafe for Solo" in Zoom Town | p. 80 |
A perfectly charming son of a bitch | p. 104 |
Shepard should be court-martialed | p. 125 |
"Do you wish to declare an emergency?" | p. 143 |
"That little rascal" | p. 170 |
Into Space | |
"We made them heroes, the first day they were picked" | p. 189 |
Eyeballs in, eyeballs out | p. 210 |
"A harlot of a town" | p. 235 |
"I think I got myself in trouble" | p. 257 |
"We had 'em by the short hairs, and we gave it away" | p. 270 |
"Light this candle!" | p. 287 |
"I believe we should go to the moon" | p. 312 |
"I'm sick... should I just hang it up?" | p. 331 |
How to succeed in business without really flying-much | p. 357 |
"Captain Shepard? I'm Charles Lindbergh" | p. 384 |
"What's wrong with this ship?" | p. 409 |
After Space | |
"When you've been to the moon, where else are you going to go?" | p. 437 |
"I saw a different Alan Shepard, completely different" | p. 451 |
"This is the toughest man I've ever met" | p. 463 |
Notes | p. 473 |
Bibliography | p. 511 |
Acknowledgments | p. 519 |
Index | p. 523 |
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