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Title:
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The cosmonaut who couldn't stop smiling : the life and legend of Yuri Gagarin /
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Authors:
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Andrew L. Jenks, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2012
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-87580-447-7
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Size:
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viii, 315 pages / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL789.85.A3G33
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Subjects:
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Astronauts--Soviet Union--Biography
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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968
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Description:
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This title relates Yuri Gagarin's life while exploring the world of Soviet culture. The book tells the story of a legend, both the official one and the one of myth
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Contents note:
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1. Yuri Gagarin and the many faces of modern Russia 2. A victor's congress baby 3. The industrial boys 4. The chief designer 5. The flight that launched a thousand rumors 6. Exegesis 7. Homo sovieticus 8. Sacred lies, profane truths 9. Landscapes of Russianness, 1991-2011.
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