Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Advance Review Copy with printed slip laid in. Several pages slightly wrinkled in the binding process, otherwise fine.

Giving Up The Ghost: A Writer's Life Among The Stars is a memoir by Dody Sandford of her life as a writer and space explorer. The book tells the story of Sandford's life and career, from her childhood in the small town of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to her years as a science fiction author, including her time as the first woman to travel to the moon. Sandford shares her experiences as the first woman to command a space shuttle, her work as an astronomer on the Hubble Space Telescope, and her exploration of the outer space frontier.; 8vo; 334 pages; $6.00.

Price: $40.00