{"id":6050,"date":"2024-03-28T10:33:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/?p=6050"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:41:08","slug":"may-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/2024\/03\/28\/may-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2024 TBP Book Club Title Announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please join us on Tuesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. (Central) for our Book Club discussion of MERCURY RISING: JOHN GLENN, JOHN KENNEDY, AND THE NEW BATTLEGROUND OF THE COLD WAR<\/strong> by Jeff Shesol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We host our Book Club discussions via Zoom. However, all you need to participate is a telephone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a land line, we will provide a telephone number for accessing the Book Club. If you have a smart phone, we will email an easy \u201cone click \u201d number you can use to join the discussion. We will also email a Zoom invitation to those who prefer to use a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrons who register for the discussion will receive this information a week before the book club meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To RSVP call us at 1-800-252-9605 or email <\/strong>tbp.ral@tsl.texas.gov<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MERCURY RISING is available by mail as a digital cartridge and is also available to download on BARD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MERCURY RISING: JOHN GLENN, JOHN KENNEDY, AND THE NEW BATTLEGROUND OF THE COLD WAR by Jeff Shesol (DB 110864)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn\u2019t catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War–a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival\u2014and America was losing. On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America\u2019s sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut\u2019s heroics lifted the nation\u2019s hopes in what Kennedy called the \u201chour of maximum danger.\u201d Commercial audiobook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re looking forward to having you join us on Tuesday, May 21!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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