The Right Stuff

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Synopsis
The Right Stuff is Tom Wolfe's deft account of a cast of heroes, introduced to America with the explosion of space exploration in the romantic heyday of the 20th century and encapsulated in Neal Armstrong's "one giant step for mankind."

Beginning with the first experiments with manned space flight in the 1940s, remembering the feats of Chuck Yeager and the breaking of the sound barrier, and focusing in on the brave pilots of the Mercury Project, Wolfe's ability to marry historical fact with dramatic intensity is nowhere more evident than in The Right Stuff.

Winner of the National Book Award

Copyright:
1983

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
435 Pages
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Tom Wolfe
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology
Submitted By:
Jim Baugh
Proofread By:
KatieStar Kaitlyn Hill
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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