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The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Customers find this book a masterful read that surpasses the movie adaptation, with engaging storytelling that captures a unique period in American history. The writing is well-crafted, and customers appreciate its humor, with one noting how the sardonic take on details made them laugh. The book provides extensive insights into the astronauts' personalities and motivations, and customers praise its colorful scenes and quick pace.

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Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar Award-winning film of the same name and the 8-part Disney+ TV mini-series.From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic. Read more

Product Information

ASINB00139XSBA
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
AccessibilityLearn more
Publication dateMay 16, 2004
Edition2nd
LanguageEnglish
File size2.3 MB
Screen ReaderSupported
Enhanced typesettingEnabled
X-RayNot Enabled
Word WiseEnabled
Print length370 pages
ISBN-13978-1429961325
Page FlipEnabled
Lexile measure1110L
Best Sellers Rank#26,336 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #3 in Aeronautics & Astronautics (Kindle Store) #11 in General Technology & Reference #12 in History of Technology
Customer Reviews4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,630 ratings

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