Space: A Novel by James A. Michener (1982)

A sweeping fictional history of the US space race

Good condition – scuffing and edge wear to the dust jacket.

James Michener turns his epic, research-driven storytelling toward America's space program, following a handful of families across more than three decades, from the scramble to recruit German rocket scientists at the end of World War II through to the Apollo moon landings. Central figures include an engineer obsessed with the science of spaceflight, a war-hero-turned-senator fighting for NASA's funding, a German rocket scientist rebuilding his life in America, and an astronaut chasing his own place in history. Blending real historical figures with invented characters, Michener uses the personal dramas of these families, their triumphs, rivalries and private struggles, to dramatize the politics, science, and human cost behind one of the twentieth century's defining achievements.