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Stand By For Mars! - CHAPTER 1
We'll be exploring this novel a few chapters at a time, interspersed throughout each series. We return for our second visit to this story, with chapter two.
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
Originally published in 1952 by GROSSET & DUNLAP
