Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin
"An extraordinary and accessible examination of this enormous contribution to space exploration, supported by riveting first-hand anecdotes. Essential to any air and space collection." –Library Journal (starred)"Well-written, engaging, and brow-raising in many ways."—SpaceCoalition.com"This excellent narrative will keep you enthralled and give you new perspectives on an old name we’re all familiar with." –Astronomy Magazine online"This extraordinarily intimate account of the 1967 death of a Russian cosmonaut appears in a new book,Starman,by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, to be published next month. The authors base their narrative principally on revelations from a KGB officer, Venymin Ivanovich Russayev, and previous reporting by Yaroslav Golovanov inPravda. This version — if it's true — is beyond shocking."—Robert Krulwich, in his post on NPR.org