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Corrigan, Grace George, 1924-

A journal for Christa : Christa McAuliffe, teacher in space / - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1993. - xiv, 191 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

The biography of Christa McAuliffe--the eldest child of a close Catholic Massachusetts family and a dedicated Girl Scout who came of age in the turbulent sixties and early seventies and became a schoolteacher and a mother. She was little known beyond her personal circle until selected by NASA to be the first civilian sent on a space mission as the "Teacher in Space."

ISBN: 0803214596 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780803214590 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780803264113 0803264119

LCCN: 93000437

Nat. Bib. No.: GB93-52803

Subjects--Personal Names:
McAuliffe, Christa, 1948-1986.
McAuliffe, Christa

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Challenger (Spacecraft)--Accidents.
Challenger (Spacecraft).

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teachers--New Hampshire--Biography.
Astronauts--Biography.--United States
Biographie

Subjects--Index Terms: Space flight United States

LC Class. No.: TL789.85.M33 / C67 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 629.45/0092 B

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: U5001 T331 -1993