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Bruce McCandless III

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Bruce McCandless III is the author of the biography Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Free Flight in Space, an Amazon bestseller that was named a Best Book of 2021 by both Men's Journal and Kirkus Reviews. Wonders All Around is first and foremost a relationship story about a family caught up in a father's ambitions, disappointments, and struggle for professional redemption, all as played out against the real-life drama of America's manned space program in the Apollo, Skylab, and early Shuttle years.

A lifelong Texan, Bruce is also the author of the interlinked historical horror novels In the Land of Dead Horses, Sour Lake, and The Black Book of Cyrenaica, as well as a modern fairy ta
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Bruce McCandless III Currently busy at the Texas Department of Insurance and in the archives of the State Historical Commission researching a strange little case that prec…moreCurrently busy at the Texas Department of Insurance and in the archives of the State Historical Commission researching a strange little case that preceded Jewel Lightfoot's involvement in the events recounted in Sour Lake. Unfortunately, many of the records from the first part of the 20th Century, especially TDI's records related to paranormal investigations, have disappeared or been misplaced over the years, so it's tedious work, but I'm making progress. Still hoping to have something in print by the end of the year. Wish me luck!(less)
Bruce McCandless III Participating in this vast international conspiracy of thinkers and dreamers who love books and words, interesting facts and unsolvable mysteries. Wri…moreParticipating in this vast international conspiracy of thinkers and dreamers who love books and words, interesting facts and unsolvable mysteries. Writing has given me the chance to connect with the best people in the world: readers.(less)
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Big, Bold, and Utterly Unconventional

It seems like I've been working on this novel forever. It's the story of the creation of a musical on Broadway just after the Civil War, and involves gangs, young love, mistaken identities, revenge, blackmail, and spies. It's a lot. But at long last I feel comfortable with my cast of characters, to wit:

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Wonders All Around by Bruce McCandless III
"This is a beautiful and inspiring true-life story about a fighter-pilot turned astronaut who dared to brave space untethered. The first of his kind. Bruce McCandless II was born to conquer the skies, but forced into a life of sobriety when he seemed " Read more of this review »
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"Wonders All Around is a magnificent and deeply personal biography of astronaut Bruce McCandless II, written with remarkable grace and insight by his son. While many know McCandless for the iconic photo of his untethered space walk, this book reveals " Read more of this review »
Wonders All Around by Bruce McCandless III
"Bruce McCandless III chronicles his father’s inspirational journey to becoming an astronaut in this memoir.

McCandless III retold II’s story with bass thoroughness that only a family member can achieve. He begins from his father’s formative years, fro" Read more of this review »
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Splendid and hilarious. Took me a while to settle in, but I ended up loving it.
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I loved this sweet little story about kids going on a treasure hunt and bringing back...well, you're just going to have to find out for yourself. If you love eighties music, enjoy a pun or two, and sometimes wonder where all the days have gone since ...more
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“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
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