{"product_id":"smoke-jumper-moon-pilot","title":"Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWillie G. Moseley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover: 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6\" x 9\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetail Price:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e $24.95\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e978-1-935001-76-8\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Description \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSmoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.au.af.mil\/au\/afri\/review_full.asp?id=811\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAir Force Research Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.au.af.mil\/au\/afri\/review_full.asp?id=811\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapt Steven M. Mudrinich, USAF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.au.af.mil\/au\/afri\/review_full.asp?id=811\"\u003eJoint Base Pearl Harbor--Hickam, Hawaii -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eread full review...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAl Shepard was returning to the cosmos, and this time, he was going to walk on the Moon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrounded for most of the Sixties due to an inner ear problem, America’s first man in space had been serving as NASA’s Chief of the Astronaut Office, and had figured into the selection of crews for American manned space flights. Now healthy and cleared for flight himself, Shepard knew who he wanted on his own Apollo crew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Lunar Module Pilot, he selected a brilliant Navy aviator, Edgar Mitchell, a.k.a. “The Brain,” who already had a doctorate of science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from M.I.T., and had been highly involved in the design of the Lunar Module. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Command Module Pilot, who would be responsible for guiding the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, placing it in a safe orbit, and returning it safely to Earth, was to be Air Force pilot Stuart Roosa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Roosa didn’t even have a college degree when he had won his Air Force wings, and hadn’t been on a backup crew for an Apollo flight. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when it came to piloting skills, he was that good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStu Roosa’s life was incredibly diverse—the second son of a government surveyor, he had spent his early childhood in a migratory lifestyle with his family before the Roosas settled in Claremore, Oklahoma, where Stu proved to be an excellent student and developed a lifelong love of hunting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe became a smoke jumper for the Forest Service before enlisting in the Air Force’s aviation cadet program. Excelling in piloting skills, Roosa had graduated from test pilot school at the legendary Edwards Air Force Base before being chosen as an astronaut. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoosa loved his family and his country, and he loved to fly. Recollections in this detailed biography include memories from family members, schoolmates, and veteran smoke jumpers, pilots, and astronauts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmoke Jumper, Moon Pilot tells the story of a focused, determined, and patriotic youngster who believed in the American dream, and grew up to live it. At the age of 19, Stu Roosa was parachuting into the woods of the Pacific Northwest to fight forest fires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— He joined the Air Force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— He became a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— He was selected to be an astronaut by NASA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— He went to the Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— He became a successful businessman and big game hunter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the family-authorized biography of Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot Stuart A. Roosa (1933-1994). It’s the quintessential, All-American chronicle of the life of an Oklahoma farm boy whose initiative, drive and personal integrity earned him a place among the 24 individuals who made the most dramatic voyage in human history, and it’s a story that needs to be told, now more than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA great story about a good friend and powerful teammate on our trip to the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e.” - Edgar Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 14\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStu Roosa and I were as close as brothers—we were high school buddies, college roommates, spent a summer in a tent together in Idaho, and were smoke jumpers.  Later, I followed his career as he journeyed to the moon.  This book accurately chronicles Stu's memorable American success story.\u003c\/em\u003e” - Jimmie Dollard—smoke jumper, CJ-52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOften forgotten in the media spotlight placed on those who walked on the moon, the Command Module Pilots--the Apollo astronauts who stayed behind in lunar orbit--achieved just as much. They frequently spent days alone,conducting pioneering science experiments and watching the majestic earth rise above the ancient, battered lunar surface. Stu Roosa was one of the very few to have this other worldly experience, and Willie Moseley vividly brings his story to life.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e---Francis French, author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Shadow of the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Wantto get inside the mind of a true blue, red-blooded astronaut? I’ve met dozens,and after reading Moseley’s book, I finally know one from the heart.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr.Deborah Edwards Barnhart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCEOand Executive Director\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eU.S.Space and Rocket Center\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.acclaimpress.com\/\/FileStream.aspx?FileID=MTA3-YAbpV4JcCnI%3d\"\u003eNSS Book Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.writersforum.org\/news_and_reviews\/review_archives.html\/article\/2012\/10\/04\/smoke-jumper-moon-pilot-the-remarkable-life-of-apollo-14-astronaut-stuart-roosa\"\u003eWriter's Forum Book Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.acclaimpress.com\/\/FileStream.aspx?FileID=OTk%3d-TZ9C2zBFZXg%3d\"\u003eMoseley Speaks at Space Exploration Celebration\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/ubb\/Forum9\/HTML\/001980.html\"\u003eDiscussion Forum at Collect Space\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.willrogers.com\/new\/articles\/events\/Roosa_Book_2012\/Roosa_signing.html\"\u003eRoosa Book Author Signs Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.satellite-evolution.com\/group\/site\/?p=14670\"\u003eSatellite Evolution Group Review Mark Williamson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightinsider.com\/space-flight-news\/astronauts\/envisioning-a-space-legend-an-interview-with-stuart-roosa-biographer-willie-g-moseley\/\"\u003eAuthor Wille Moseley interviewed by the Space Flight Insider webzine about the Stu Roosa biography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA self-described “child of the Space Race,” author\/columnist\/lecturer Willie G. Moseley came of age in Montgomery, Alabama during the original Civil Rights Movement. But while he paid attention to the historical changes that were unfolding in the Deep South in the Sixties (and would write about such occurrences decades later), he was, like millions of other people around the globe, fascinated by the primeval efforts of the human species to journey into outer space, and he also paid close attention to the events that were taking place on the Atlantic coast of Florida and somewhere inside the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoseley is the senior writer for Vintage Guitar Magazine. He began writing for that periodical in 1989, and in the ensuing decades, has interviewed hundreds of guitar players and builders. He also presently serves as News Editor\/columnist\/photographer for The Tallassee Tribune. He has been collecting guitars (with a current emphasis on basses and custom-made instruments) since 1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillie resides in central Alabama with his wife Gail, daughter Elizabeth, and their pet Schnauzhund, “Josie.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is his eighth book.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18756207181891,"sku":"Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot1","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/acclaim-press-inc.myshopify.com\/products\/smoke-jumper-moon-pilot","provider":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}