A Journal for Christa

A Journal for Christa
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-13 : 0803264119
ISBN-10 : 9780803264113
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Book Synopsis A Journal for Christa by : Grace George Corrigan

Download or read book A Journal for Christa written by Grace George Corrigan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of Christa McAuliffe--the eldest child of a close Catholic Massachusetts family and a dedicated Girl Scout who came of age in the turbulent sixties and early seventies and became a schoolteacher and a mother. She was little known beyond her personal circle until selected by NASA to be the first civilian sent on a space mission as the "Teacher in Space."


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