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July 4, 2023 24 mins

Stand By For Mars! - CHAPTER 2 and 3

A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure

We're be exploring this novel a few chapters at a time, interspersed throughout each series.  We return for our third visit to this story, with chapter 2 and 3.

Stand by for Mars! is the first of eight novels written between 1952 and 1956. It features a young Tom Corbett who is trying to fulfill his dream of becoming a Space Cadet on his way to joining the Solar Guard. But interpersonal conflicts stand in his way.

Written by Carry Rockwell Narrated by Brad Grochowski Originally published in 1952 by GROSSET & DUNLAP

 

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