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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
ASIN | B00139XSBA |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | May 16, 2004 |
Edition | 2nd |
Language | English |
File size | 2.3 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Not Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 370 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-1429961325 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Lexile measure | 1110L |
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 Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 5,630 ratings |