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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1963)
INVITE YOU TO SHARE IN THE GREA TEST ADVENTURE OF OUR TIME THE EDITORS OF la The Astronauts' own book has just been published WE SEVEN, the magnificent new book by the Astronauts themselves the complete story of their spectacular adventure has just been published by Simon and Schuster. It is a new selection of The Literary Guild, and will soon appear around the world in almost every language that can be set in type. WE SEVEN is far more than a reprinting of the first-person accounts that have appeared in LIFE. It contains them, of course, but only as part of an excit ing, newly-written chronicle of Project Mercury the plans and dreams and events that have already brought America within range of the unbelievable goal of the moon and beyond. This is a book every citizen of the Space Age should read and own. It has all the excitement of history in the making the grand design of the American space effort, now in a single dramatic volume. And it is an unusually handsome and impressive looking volume its 346-page narrative illustrated with 67 of the most essential and dramatic photographs from LIFE's files. After LIFE Senior Editor John Dille's preface (and some covering remarks that the authors were too modest to make) the Astronauts themselves have written a book that has genuine grandeur. Above all it has an intensely personal flavor of suspense and adventure, of reminiscence and humor, of good days and bad days, and brilliantly clear descriptions of a number of complex technical matters which only the Astronauts are equipped to explain. WE SEVEN can be an ideal Christmas gift for a science- or space-minded youngster indeed, for anyone, young or old, with a genuine desire to know more about Project Mercury and the men who ride its wings. We are so sure that every LIFE-read- TTL V "efeJ ing family will want to possess the book that ZJr -"UJ we have made these special arrangements with the publishers: without sending any money in advance, read WE SEVEN for 14 full days before you decide to keep it and pay its price of $6.50, plus small postage and handling charges. To receive the book for this 14-day reading trial, merely send the coupon below to your bookseller or: Simon and Schuster, Publishers Dept. 52, 630 Fifth Ave., New York 20. in"' mm to7V-J3 fj 71 fcr GLENN GKISSOM SC1I1KKA SHtPARD SLAYTON You experience the absolute si lence of outer space and Know how it is to look out at unimagi nable sights hurtling sunsets, iridescent arcs of color against pitch-black night . . . You sit with John Glenn in the ' cockpit of the Friendship 7, sharing his suspense, only min utes before he becomes the first American In orbit. You dis cover what led to that moment; how just these men came to be Astronauts; their qualifications; who was turned down . . . You go through their fantastic tests and training, as the seven are Isolated, vibrated, whirled, heated, frozen, fatigued, sub- Just a few of the thrills in store for you merged, pressurized orteased into superhuman co-ordination by the monster toy known as the "Idiot Box" . . . You explore the capsule, press the buttons, attend the bull ses sions. You ride with Shepard, Glenn, Grissom and Carpenter on their historic journeys into space. You watch the complex operations of control centers and space stations all over the world ... You share the private jokes, as well as the tensions and tri umphs. You learn what space flight Is and what It is not You learn some fabulous tricks of the trade... in WE SEVEN: As Walry Schirra describes the extraordinary system (space suit, oxygen tubes, fans, snork el and contour couch) designed around each individual pilot, you function weightless in space... You see potential disasters nar rowly avoided. You witness the life of the Astronauts In all its aspects, through their eyes and in their words. And, as Scott Carpenter gives in fascinating detail the events and sensations of his flight in orbit and his vigil on the raft while the world waited he conveys to us some portion of the quality of the faith and aspiration that goes into the making of anAstronaut SEND NO MONEY To your bookseller or: Simon and Schuster, Publishers Dept. SZ , 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20 Please send roe copies of WE SEVEN. I understand that I may read the book with out obligation and return it to you within 14 days. Otherwise I will pay your bill for only $6.50 per copy, plus a lew cents postage and handling charges. Name Address. City 2HM -State. Cheek here if yotj prefer te eaeloee pejmeal, Im which eeee arc wui prepay au eip Sane reiare privilege appllee. el eearae, Price elignilr tufrber i Casese. AtMreee emrpea ie Mi Book Ce Toreaie, Oeterie.
