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Screwed Pooch by Jan Millsapps (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCreateSpace

ISBN-101419670700

ISBN-139781419670701

eBay Product ID (ePID)63109797

Product Key Features

Book TitleScrewed Pooch

Number of Pages348 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicHistorical, Science Fiction / General

GenreFiction

AuthorJan Millsapps

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16.7 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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SynopsisWho knew 'the right stuff' would first show up in a stray female mutt with attitude? On November 3, 1957, Laika rode Sputnik 2 into outer space, the first living creature to reach earth orbit - but unlike all the animals and humans who followed, hers was a one-way ticket only. In 'Screwed Pooch,' award-winning filmmaker and author Jan Millsapps describes Laika's historic mission and its impact on the humans she encountered, both real and fictional. We meet her beloved yet duplicitous trainer, the brilliant yet anonymous 'chief designer' of the Soviet space program, her dog gal pals, Soviet top dog Nikita Khrushchev and his heavy-handed KGB, and residents of her old neighborhood, who mount a daring plan to rescue her. Laika's unprecedented journey takes us from the wind-swept Moscow streets to top-secret labs and launch sites, and from the miserable depths of a Soviet gulag to transcendent views of earth from outer space. Meticulously researched, 'Screwed Pooch' sheds light on Laika as the first space pioneer and examines her role in the early space race as both victim and heroine. Most importantly, Millsapps gives a distinct voice to the canine cosmonaut whose ultimate sacrifice paved the way for human space travel a few years later.