Robert H. Goddard; Space Pioneer.

by Milton Lomask, Al Fiorentino (Illustrator)

A brief biography of the scientist whose inventions led to the bazooka, the jet engine, and the space rocket.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1972

About the author

Raised in Maquoketa, Iowa, Milton Nachman Lomask earned a BA in journalism at the University of Iowa. After working in a succession of newspaper jobs in Texas, St. Louis, New York City and Chicago, he earned an MA degree at Northwestern University in 1941. Lomask served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service during World War II, after which he worked in advertising and publicity before quitting in 1950 to work full-time as a writer.