Umberto Cavallaro

eBook, PDF

The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks (eBook, PDF)

A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic

Beschreibung

Draws attention to some little known and previously unexamined historical sources from the time of the Cold War

Includes many high resolution images and illustrations that immerse the reader in the propaganda of the period

Presents as a compelling narrative that follows the actions of key players from both countries

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 34.56MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Umberto Cavallaro is founder and current president of AS.IT.AF (Italian Astrophilately Society), as well as the editor of its quarterly journal, AD*ASTRA. His professional activity led him to cooperate for many years with ESA, the European Space Agency. Author of "Propaganda e Pragmatismo in gara per la conquista della Luna" ("Propaganda & Pragmatism in race to the Moon" Impremix, Torino 2011) and "Donne nello Spazio" ("Women inSpace", Mursia, Milano 2015), he has translated into Italian several publications, including "The All-American Boys" by Walter Cunningham, an Apollo VII astronaut.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319921532
• Artikelnr.: 56814487

Rezensionen

"This book ... covers a thriving field of space memorabilia collection derived from a practical commercial application, i.e. sending letters. ... Even space aficionados otherwise immune to the joys of philately will be fascinated to find their favourite history can be traced from Sputnik to Apollo by way of stamps ... ." (Mark Williamson, Room, Vol. 20 (2), June, 2019)

"It is also a beautiful, softbound edition with almost all of its illustrations in full colour and will make a valuable addition to any collector's library. ... this information will be interesting to collectors ofspace-related philatelics who might be wondering what they are seeing (and not seeing) on their Moon-race-era philatelic collectibles. Umberto's book provides examples of these Moon-race era commemorative stamps, special cancels, and covers that help illustrate many of the spaceflight events that he discusses in the text." (Jim Reichman, Orbit, January, 2019)

"This handsome book reads like a novel and brings several seldom know facts about this Race to the Moon, especially marked on gray print in the book." (Cosmo Express, Vol. 223 (4), 2018)