A wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's manned space program, from the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
'What is it' asks Tom Wolfe, 'that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle…and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity? Bravery? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call 'the right stuff'?
A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space program, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making.
'Tom Wolfe at his very best… Learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic...The Right Stuff is superb' - New York Times Book Review
| ISBN: | 9780099479376 |
| Publication date: | 17th October 2005 |
| Author: | Tom Wolfe |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 436 pages |
| Genres: |
Popular astronomy and space Social and cultural history Reportage, journalism or collected columns |
A wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's manned space program, from the author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'What is it' asks Tom Wolfe, 'that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle…and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity?
The Right Stuff features in the following genres: Popular astronomy and space, Social and cultural history, Reportage, journalism or collected columns
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The Right Stuff was written by Tom Wolfe and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Right Stuff has 436 pages