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Today, it seems, we cherish our cinema superheroes, forgetting that people like John Glenn used to walk among us--and probably still do. --Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist American Museum of Natural History, Author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier Time's Colonel Wonderful receives a new biographical treatment in The Last American Hero, which positions him as an adventurer, a statesman, and a role model. --Foreword Reviews A well-informed biography that presents its subject in a golden light. --Kirkus Reviews Alice George has the 'Right Stuff' to tell the amazing tale of this extraordinary fighter pilot, astronaut, and US senator. --Ron Grimes, John Glenn's Senate Legislative Director Alice George's superbly written biography provides a fair, accurate, and insightful account of all John Glenn's careers--as Marine pilot, astronaut, politician, and American hero. --Michael J. Neufeld, curator at the National Air and Space Museum and author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War George (Awaiting Armageddon, 2006) scrupulously details Glenn's transformation from his Ohio farm upbringing. --Booklist John H. Glenn Jr.--United States Marine, combat pilot, Mercury and shuttle astronaut, US senator from Ohio--a 'Greatest Generation' American and hero. --Rudy deLeon, former Deputy Secretary of Defense

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Alice L. George is a historian and served as asenior editor at the Charlotte (NC) News, the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, the Detroit Free Press, and the Philadelphia Daily News.She has authored or coauthored seven books, including The Cuban Missile Crisis and The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. She lives in Philadelphia.

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