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77 pp.
| Chronicle
| September, 2003
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TradeISBN 0-8118-4007-7$$14.95
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4-6
Collins, the astronaut who remained in orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon's surface, is the ostensible focus of what is basically a general overview of the entire Apollo 11 journey. Photos, drawings, and reproductions give the volume a stunning appearance, but the facts are presented in a scattershot manner--making this well-designed book more impressionistic than informational. Glos.