John Glenn: A Memoir [Audio Cassette]

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• Audio Cassette
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553502395
• ISBN-13: 978-0553502398
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Story of a Perfect Life?, April 11, 2003

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David Seaver - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)

Based on this book John Glenn never got out of line, never got in any serious trouble or caused anyone else to get into trouble, had a perfect wife and family who always supported him 100%, even if it meant his being away from home for long periods of time. He even goes to the extreme of discounting a story about his concern over his height exceeding the max requirement for space travel. I found many parts of this book enjoyable, but left feeling I had only been reading a whitewashed version purified for mass consumption. On slight hint at the "real" John Glenn may be revealed in his writing a letter to NASA in an effort to overturn the decision to have Alan Shepard and Guss Grissom fly in space before him. This book left me with many more questions about the real man. Showing more of his human, occassionally risking and failing side would have added much to my enjoyment. Unfortunately this was missing.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Memoir/Bio Generation 1999, November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)

It is curious that as 2000 nears, so many memoir biographies have hit the stands...and so many worth reading. We have Glenn's story...astronaut turned politician, model American; Nabokov's story...scientist turned literary celebrity (Nabokov's Blues); Goodall's story...scientist turned reflective (Reason to Hope); Sagan...by Sagan AND by biographers. Glenn's memoir fits this mold...a man has taken time out not only to reflect but to share with his "fellow Americans" his insights on the last decades, indeed some of the most important events of the millenium. I recommend this book; its only drawback is it might be argued as less exciting than some of the others mentioned above. But John Glenn is a major public and historical figure and it is worth the time to digest here what he has to say about his life, and times.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "John Glenn: A Memoir":An Honored Look At An Honored Life, November 6, 1999

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Hartriono Sastrowardoyo - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Glenn: A Memoir (Hardcover)

Senator. Astronaut. American Hero. These are all words that come to mind when the name "John Glenn" is mentioned. But how much do you know about John Glenn the person? If you want to know the minutiae of Glenn's flight as a Mercury and shuttle astronaut then this is not the book for you. For "John Glenn: A Memoir" is a walk down Glenn's busy road of life, from his upbringing during the Depression to his second spaceflight, aboard the shuttle in 1998. If it's true that Neil Armstrong said that everybody was given a finite number of heartbeats, and that he didn't want to waste any doing anything frivolous, then Glenn must have been one of his followers. The times and culture of those years helped shaped Glenn's beliefs and philosophies, just as Glenn helped shaped America during his military service, his days as an astronaut, and as a senator. More than just a recitation of names and events, Glenn presents an enlightening perspective on himself and of those events in the world that made him who he is.