Everyone's Gone to the Moon

The research for the book Everyone’s Gone to the Moon has really been fascinating. The book will revolve around the first lunar landing in July 1969. It will touch on the landing but focus more on the events and pop-culture that was happening at the same time, an overview of July 1969.

So far, the tidbits of history I’m gleaning are truly fascinating. For instance, it was on the first week of July, 1969, that Charles Phillip Arthur George officially became the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony that was nearly derailed by bombs that were detonated near the rail line that would carry the royal family to the ceremony.

And I’ve learned that history really does repeat itself. For example, in 2018, we hear of alleged attempts by White House staff to establish secret back channel communications with Russia in an effort to skirt the nation’s intelligence agencies. In July 1969, Soviet diplomat Anatoly Dobrynin attempted to do the same thing, working with President Nixon’s staff to create a secret communications link.

But this little bit doesn’t even skim the surface of the history I’m pulling out from the murky mists of time for this book – remarkable space news that was going on at the time we first walked on the moon, the world of pop-culture, and the stories of everyday people and what life was like in July 1969.

Stick around. There are some amazing stories to tell!