Full name: Deke!: An Autobiography

Author: Donald K. Slayton Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780312859183 031285918X

Deke Slayton was one of the first seven Mercury astronauts--and he might have been the first American in space. Instead, he became the first chief of American Astronaut Corps. It was Deke Slayton who selected the crews who flew the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions. It was Deke Slayton who made Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon. Deke! is Deke Slayton's' story--told in his own words and in the voices of the men and women who worked with him and knew him best. Deke Slayton's knowledge of how the .S. manned space program worked is the missing piece of every space buff's puzzle. Now, after decades of silence, he tells his priceless stories of those years when American was engaged in the greatest voyage of exploration in human history. Similar books: Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins Flight by Christopher Kraft Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz The Last Man on the Moon by Eugene Cernan Return to Earth by Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane Sky Walking by Thomas D. Jones Moondust by Andrew Smith Neil Armstrong by Jay Barbree The Unbroken Chain by Guenter Wendt We Have Capture by Thomas P. Stafford Sally Ride by Lynn Sherr Falling to Earth by Al Worden Liftoff by Michael Collins The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca