{"product_id":"the-last-american-hero-the-remarkable-life-of-john-glenn-9781641605960","title":"The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, a small-town boy from Ohio took his place atop a rocket and soared into orbit to score a victory in the heavily contested Cold War. The television images were blurry black-and-white phantoms. The cameras shook as the rocket moved, but by the end of the day, one thing was clear: a new hero rode that rocket and became the center of the world’s attention for the four hours and fifty-five minutes of his flight. From that day forward, Glenn restively wore the hero label. Refusing to let that dramatic day define his life, he went on to become a four-term US senator—and returned to space at the age of seventy-seven. He was a creation of the media, in some ways, but he was also a product of the Cold War. At a time when increasingly cynical Americans need heroes, his aura burns brightly in American memory.","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515972346199,"sku":"9781641605960","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-american-hero-the-remarkable-life-of-john-glenn-9781641605960","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}