When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this “magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.


1969 年，美國太空船阿波羅 11 號登陸月球時，首位踏上月球的太空人成了傳奇人物。在本書中，作者詹姆斯．漢森帶領讀者探索尼爾．阿姆斯壯的傳奇人生。阿姆斯壯極為重視隱私，但作者獲得授權與其進行逾五十小時的專訪，阿姆斯壯不但提供私密檔案，也同意作者採訪他的家人，讓作者得以寫出這本無與倫比的美國英雄傳記，美國《出版人週刊》星級評論更表示書中呈現了「美國二十世紀下半的精彩全貌」。