Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
A young adult and teen book from Heinlein’s golden age of books, although Heinlein always claimed it was written for adults as well. This was his first book for young adults and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.
Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
First paperback printing in this edition
Condition: Good, light edge and corner wear, spine creasing, nicks, and small tear at bottom. Softcover.
Publishing Info: Ballantine, New York, 1975
ISBN: n/a
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was every going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle's prized astrogation manuals—book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation.
From the First Golden Age of Heinlein, this is the so-called juvenile (written, Heinlein always claims, just as much for adults) that started them all and made Heinlein a legend for multiple generations of readers.
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