By Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography \/ Golf \/ Space Travel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pages: 202<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publication Date: September 17, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the link to visit each stop hosted by our Lone Star Literary Life blogger team! 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It took him two tries.<\/p>\n Carlos, a Navy combat veteran and barber for numerous astronauts, says Shepard gave him the ball immediately after he returned to earth and was released from quarantine. The debate provides a backdrop for The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Bal<\/em>l, a story of two extraordinary men and their lasting friendship. The book offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of America\u2019s space program at its pinnacle and shows the ordinary people who supported one of the nation\u2019s most monumental scientific endeavors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Praise for The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball<\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s perfect!! Barbara and Ed capture Daddy and his long friendship with Carlos. –Laura Shepard<\/strong>, Daughter of Alan Shepard<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brings back the glory days of the U.S. Space Program and the importance of the “little people” who made it happen. We see stern Shepard in a new and admirable light – in Shepard’s high regard for the vast team of dedicated supporters who enabled astronauts to succeed. –Charlie Duke<\/strong>, Apollo Astronaut<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Stoney Creek Publishing<\/a> | Amazon<\/a> | B&N<\/a> | Texas A&M Press<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Barbara Radnofsky<\/strong> and Ed Supkis<\/strong> grew up in the 1960s in the shadow of NASA\u2019s Manned Spacecraft Center and married in 1982. They have three children and five<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n grandchildren. The couple \u2014with many other community members \u2014 are co-owners of Brazos Bookstore, an independent bookseller. As children of NASA scientists, Barbara, and Ed had front-row seats to the development of the space program and the community built around it on rural cow pastures near Webster, Texas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ed Supkis, MD<\/strong> is a board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in cardiac anesthesia. He served as Director of Quality Assurance for the Division of Anesthesiology and as Medical Director of Respiratory Care for the Division of Surgery and Anesthesiology. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSpg7MRSHa2slqt523iPRZZS5MEn-Q9a0BSC4FWqL9VfRSEbYUXN9DhFjiwphwSyLL2nmhDILCb2QDgMRswjZ32vXidSkreyL_7pkNDPcFoJCbt5waBPzE3CNQ-UAIlHVWKCxdt3jRjjD_aoCW1Ovq07-MySsgvdB1KDth23r-PBaPQD_d7zIfQEwbSWGx\/w230-h226\/LoneStarBookBlogTours.png\")
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ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong> In 1971, famed astronaut Alan Shepard returned from the moon and went to get a haircut. Before settling into the barber\u2019s chair in Webster, Texas, near NASA\u2019s Mission Control, Shepard gave his longtime barber and friend, Carlos Villagomez, an autographed golf ball. <\/p>\n
Had Shepard taken a third ball to the moon? And did he give it to his barber as a token of their long friendship? <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/author_photo_barbara_radnofsky.jpg\")
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Barbara Radnofsky<\/strong> is a writer, mediator, teacher and lawyer. She\u2019s the author of A Citizen\u2019s Guide to Impeachment, a nonpartisan explanation of U.S. constitutional impeachment history and practice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n