The How and Why Wonder Book of Rockets and Missiles

by Clayton Knight

Used paperback booklet; pages are clean, no underlines; binding is tight; the spine is taped; moderate wear and tattering on the cover; 48 totals of pages; ” 11”x 8”; 1962 edition; published by Wonder Books(J-48)

Genres: Space, Nonfiction, Science

48 pages

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Clayton Knight OBE was an American aviator during World War I. He was also an aviation artist and illustrator, and is known for being one of the founders of the Clayton Knight Committee and the illustrator of the comic strip Ace Drummond.

Knight and his wife were also illustrators of children's books, and often collaborated. He wrote and illustrated a few We Were There books, which were historical novels for children. This particular series was written as a fictional retelling of a historical event, featuring kids as the primary characters. He wrote and illustrated, We Were There...at the Normandy Invasion, We Were There...with the Lafayette Escadrille, and We Were There...at the Battle of Britain, the latter written with his wife. Both Knight and his wife were illustrators for the P.F. Volland Company, most known for publishing children's books. Knight's children's book, The Non-Stop Stowaway: The Story of a Long Distance Flight (1928) was published under the Buzza Company imprint.

Reviews

[Bookreeper · Rating 5 out of 5]

An informative relic from the 1960's with an intriguing look at the science of the time and the expectations of the future of space travel. Packed with evocative illustrations drawn with the charm and mystery of it's era. Part of a great series of books, each one a marvel of it's own.
See book here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-Vn...

[Michael David Cobb · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book encapsulates my excitable thinking as an 8 year old growing up during the Apollo program and the Cold War. What memories!