The Right Stuff

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Release Year
2024
ISBN
9781250338358
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250338352
ISBN-13
9781250338358
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20064615565

Product Key Features

Book Title
Right Stuff
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Author
Tom Wolfe
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in

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"Technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic . . . The Right Stuff is superb." -- The New York Times Book Review "One of the most romantic and thrilling books ever written about men who put themselves in peril." -- The Boston Globe "An exhilarating flight into fear, love, beauty, and fiery death . . . Magnificent." -- People "Absolutely first class . . . Improbable as some of Wolfe's tales seem, I know he's telling it like it was." -- The Washington Post Book World "Crammed with inside poop and racy incident . . . fast cars, booze, astro groupies, the envies and injuries of the military caste system . . . Wolfe lays it all out in brilliantly staged Op Lit scenes." -- Time "Splendid . . . It shows our propensity to manufacture heroes, and, just as quickly, to forget them; it shows how a scientific program was exploited for political advantage; it provides a revealing character study of seven exceptional Americans." -- The Saturday Review
Synopsis
First published in 1979, Tom Wolfe's astounding book The Right Stuff tackles this impossible question, exploring both the mental and the physical sacrifices that must be made by individuals entering space. Wolfe tells the stories of the pilots, engineers, and astronauts involved in Project Mercury (1958-1963), the United States' first human spaceflight program. A breathtaking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the heroism and courage of the first American astronauts to conquer space, The Right Stuff is a true American classic., "Tom Wolfe at his very best" ( The New York Times Book Review ), The Right Stuff is t he basis for the 1983 Oscar-winning film of the same name and the eight-part Disney+ miniseries. Reissued for today's reader with a cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast and an introduction by the New York Times bestselling author Robin Sloan. What does it take to be an astronaut? First published in 1979, Tom Wolfe's astounding book The Right Stuff answers this question and more, exploring both the mental and the physical sacrifices that must be made by individuals entering space. Wolfe tells the stories of the pilots, engineers, and astronauts involved in Project Mercury (1958-1963), the United States' first human spaceflight program. A breathtaking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the heroism and courage of the first American astronauts to conquer space, The Right Stuff is a true American classic.

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