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Play to the End is a crime novel by Robert Goddard first published in 2004. It is set in Brighton in December 2002 and revolves around a local entrepreneur whose wealth may be based on shady practices carried out by his family business at some point in the past.
Madeleine Ives Goddard (1874–1931), who married René d'Andigné, Marquis d'Andigné in 1906. [5] Robert Hale Ives Goddard Jr. (1880–1959), who married Margaret Hazard, granddaughter of Rowland G. Hazard, [6] and was involved with Brown & Ives, the family investment firm. [7] Goddard died in Providence on April 23, 1916. [8]
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) [1] was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. [2]
Robert H. Goddard stands with the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on Pakachoag Hill in Auburn on March 16, 1926. When launched, the rocket soared 341 feet high and 184 feet downrange in 2.5 ...
Goddard's 1990 book Into the Blue was the inaugural winner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read Award, presented to the best new fiction author of the year.. Goddard's 1997 book Beyond Recall was nominated for the Edgar Award Best Novel prize but lost out to Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark.
Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics. [2] [3] [4] His works later inspired Wernher von Braun and leading Soviet rocket engineers Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko, who contributed to the success of the Soviet space program.
The legendary actor, 88, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Horse Whisperer, originally purchased his four-bedroom home in Tiburon, Calif. with his wife Sibylle Szaggars Redford ...
Leatrice May Gregory, Pendray's first wife, was his partner in Pendray & Company. [1] ... The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, 3 volumes, 1970; co-edited with Esther Goddard;