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In the spirit of 4th of July rockets here is Rocketry Through the Ages with red, white and blue illustrations.
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Cox, Donald William and Stoiko, Michael. Illustrated by Kocher, W.A. Rocketry through the Ages. Philadelphia: Winston. (41 p.) 24 cm.
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The format of this book is 1 page of text with 1 full page illustration. It covers the history of past, present and future rockets. Examples range from Wan-Hu and his rocket chair, to Hermes, Viking, Thor, Jupiter C, Atlas, X-15, solar sails, manned nuclear rockets, and photon rockets.
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What is even more fun is
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And of course (as the space flight progression leads us) on to the stars:
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Love your blog! Beautiful illustrations. WOW! I'm a collector of old space books too.
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