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The Right Stuff (Picador Books)

The Right Stuff (Picador Books)

by TomWolfe (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 1991

    $3.27

  • Used

    Paperback 2008

    $15.24
Synopsis

Looks at the experiences of some of the first astronauts in order to ascertain what makes them tick and why they are prepared to put their lives at such enormous risk. This book won the American Book Award for Non-Fiction.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 368
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Picador
Published: 08 Nov 1991
ISBN 10: 0330318195
ISBN 13: 9780330318198

Media Reviews
An exhilarating flight into fear, love, beauty and fiery death ... magnificent. -- People It is Tom Wolfe at his very best ... technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic -- The Right Stuff is superb. -- The New York Times Book Review Breathtaking ... epic ... There are images and ideas in The Right Stuff that glisten like a rocket screaming to the heavens. -- Los Angeles Times Romantic and thrilling ... One of the most romantic and thrilling books ever written about men who put themselves in peril. -- The Boston Globe It's magic ... the best book I have read in the last ten years. -- Chicago Tribune Also by Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the VanitiesThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestFrom Bauhaus to Our HouseThe Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyThe Painted WordThe Right StuffMauve Gloves & MadmenClutter & VineIn Our TimeThe Pumphouse GangRadical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers Available wherever Bantam Books are sold