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Kuhn, Betsy

The Race for Space: The United States and the Soviet Union Compete for the New Frontier

112 pp. | Twenty-First Century | August, 2006 | Library ISBN 0-8225-5984-6 $29.27
(4) YA People's History series. Beginning with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, Kuhn describes the history and mindset leading to the fierce competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to send astronauts to the moon. The photographs and page layouts are disappointingly workmanlike, but Kuhn's prose is clear and lively. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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