New York: Vantage Press Inc. (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a woman who was the daughter of a black numbers banker in Harlem in the 1920's, who became the highest ranking woman at NASA. Includes a tribute to the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and a first hand account of the Freeman Field Incident where 101 black flying officers were arrested and charged with mutiny. She also tells of her son's struggle with AIDS and of her personal accomplishments and disappointments. Photographs. 346 pp with notes. ISBN: 0-533-088828.

New York: Random House, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive and well-researched novel about American exploration in space, spanning the first 40 years of NASA. 622 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-505557.

Atlanta: Turner Publishing, (1994.). An important first-hand account of the US space program, by members of the Mercury 7 team, who were part of the pioneering space program, and among the few to have ever walked on the moon. Introduction by Neil Armstrong. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 383 pp. ISBN: 1570361673.