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CaOOAMICUS |
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20091024 .0 |
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2008017487 |
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| Record control number |
014836877 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780763636111 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0763636118 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0763636118 |
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9780763636111 |
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9780763645021 (pbk.) |
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0763645028 (pbk.) |
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9780329700805 (bound) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0329700804 (bound) |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
CaAEU |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TL789.85.A1 |
| Item number |
S79 2009 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
629.450092/273 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
629.450092/273 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Stone, Tanya Lee. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Almost astronauts : |
| Remainder of title |
13 women who dared to dream / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Tanya Lee Stone ; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp]. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Somerville, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Candlewick Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
133 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions |
26 cm. |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Boston Globe-Horn book award for excellence in children's literature. Honor books, 2009: Stone, T.L. Almost astronauts. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"--Cover. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-130) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
"T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "Too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true." |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women astronauts |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women astronauts |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sex discrimination against women |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women astronauts |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women astronauts |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sex discrimination against women |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Project Mercury (U.S.) |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/women%5Fgallery/sitemap.htm |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp/index.htm |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.sallyridescience.com |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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629.45 STO |
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356 |
