"These two books constitute the most definitive and well-balanced biography of Wernher von Braun published to date. Essentially, they form a single work, one containing text and the other photographs and drawings… Few of the principals in the von Braun story are still
alive, making it unlikely that anything on a par with this work could ever be done again. Highly recommended." -- Elliott Swanson, Booklist, September 1994
"The wealth of pictures, many from his personal collections never before published, is accompanied by short captions and explanations of the occasions captured in the photos. They make space history more vivid and easier to follow." -- Journal of Space Law, V.22, 1994
"The coverage of the illustrated
memoir is good, but it is not until you dip into the biographical memoir that you realize what you were missing. This is a real history book, the result of 14 years of research and writing for which Ordway conducted nearly a hundred interviews on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Mark Williamson, Earth Space Review, Vol.4, No.4, 1995
"The purpose of these two volumes is to accurately chronicle Wernher von Braun's extraordinary life. The books accomplish this exceedingly well… I
cannot think of any authors who could write a biography better than Stuhlinger and Ordway who had very close personal and work relationships with von Braun." -- Rob Landis, Planetarian, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 1996 |
