"If your answer to the first question is that you are thrilled and fascinated by things that burn and explode, and you love to watch fireworks displays, or you simply want to send a rocket higher than the boy next door, then this book is not written for you, and you had better find something less dangerous to amuse you."
I encountered that book when I was 9. Naturally, I had to read the rest of it! What boy could resist?
I didn't realize that one was rare and expensive! I have it sitting on my shelf next to the 1965 Model Rocketry manual from Estes Industries. But it looks like archive.org already has a scan, so I don't need to scan it myself:
I think I was 10 when I found this. The interest in rocketry it kindled has lasted my lifetime. Wonderful book! Wish I still had my copy for old time's sake.
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Manual-Amateurs-Bertrand-Brinl...
Unfortunately, it's rare and expensive.
The first page:
"If your answer to the first question is that you are thrilled and fascinated by things that burn and explode, and you love to watch fireworks displays, or you simply want to send a rocket higher than the boy next door, then this book is not written for you, and you had better find something less dangerous to amuse you."
I encountered that book when I was 9. Naturally, I had to read the rest of it! What boy could resist?