Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of space flight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family, and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times best selling author Don Davis, this is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love, and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all: the Moon.

Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999. Includes index.

Fire on the pad -- Taps -- Sold by the nuns -- Wings of gold -- Albino angels -- Two commander Shepards -- Max and Deke -- Any astronauts around here? -- The suit -- Crash -- The mayor of Pad -- The angry alligator -- The spacewalk from hell -- Redemption -- Annus Horribilis -- Phoenix rising -- The magnificent beast -- Burn, baby, burn -- There is no end -- Hauling the mail -- The gamble -- The ice commander -- Secret mission -- Beep, Beep -- Fire and water -- Dr. Rock -- I can't walk! -- Top of the pyramid -- Falling to the Moon -- Down in the valley -- The search.