The Last American Hero
The Remarkable Life of John Glenn

Enjoyed this book. Brought back many memories on the early years of the American space program. The details of his political career and space shuttle mission were particularly interesting.......more

5/10 The premise of the book is, as it often happens, more interesting than its contents. It is not a book about the demise of heroes in American popular culture, it’s a book about one of the last few, John Glenn. Really It's hardly even that, it's a dry accounting of one of the most interesting thin......more

Glenn is my hero. I didn’t learn anything shockingly new in this book, but always great to hear his story told from another perspective. Gets a little preachy at the end. Didn’t like the theme of there are no heroes left.......more

Alice George writes a sweet and heartwarming biography of John Glenn. It’s a fast read and a good overview of the events in his life that made him truly an American hero. I have always admired and remembered John Glenn from my childhood. Lynn, Donna, and I used to play astronauts all the time on the......more

The veteran journalist and Ph.D historian Alice George has produced this biography of John Glenn, released four years after his death. I think the prologue and epilogue are the strongest parts of the book, in that she gives readers a well-articulated sense of Glenn's legacy. She presents him as a pe......more