Cullen, David.

The first man in space / 1st man in space. David Cullen. - North American ed., U.S. ed. - Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2004. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Days that changed the world. .

Originally published: Tunbridge Wells, U.K. : Ticktock, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

Describes the 1961 flight of Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, as well as the scientific background to that flight and space exploration since then.

ISBN: 0836855701 0836855779 (sc.)

LCCN: 2003060558

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astronauts--Soviet Union--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Outer space--Exploration.

Dewey Class. No.: 629.45/0092 B