Gagarin autobiography book, Road to Space (1961) signed by the first man in space-Yuri Gagarin as Gagarin.

"Road to space" published by "Pravda". Moscow, July,1961, 174 pp.

The inscription and date was added later by the receiver of the book, he wrote above Gagarin autograph :"to Rodionov B.B." and placed date August 30, 1961, when this autograph was received ( below Gagarin autograph).

The Road to Space” is the autobiographical book of the world's first cosmonaut Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, written in 1961. 

After the flight on April 12, 1961, the newspaper Pravda, represented by Nikolai Nikolaevich Denisov, invited Yuri Gagarin to publish his autobiographical notes. According to Denisov's recollections, Gagarin embarrassedly replied to this proposal:“Well, what a writer I am! And the biography is short ...”However, soon work on the notes began. As soon as the doctors after the research sent Gagarin to the hospital, Nikolai Denisov and Sergei Borzenko began to visit him together with editorial stenographer Veronika Ivanovna. They agreed with the cosmonaut about the following work schedule: Gagarin consistently recalled all the interesting facts that happened in his life, and Denisov and Borzenko literally prepared the story for publication. The writers talked with the cosmonaut's family and with the space "fellow soldiers" for a complete understanding of some aspects of the biography.Originally published by the Pravda publishing house.

Provenance:

The book signed by Yuri Gagarin purchased from the granddaughter of  the doctor  who worked at the clinic, where cosmonauts had check-up during the flight preparation and after the flight recovery.  

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