The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Published by Random House, 2018

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London:WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE-SOFT COVER- -MID SIZE-PRIOR OWNER NAME ON INSIDE PAGE - Random House, 2018 Used The Right Stuff is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programmeWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY?What is it,?asks Tom Wolfe, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candleand wait for someone to light the fuse?Arrogance? Stupidity? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call 'the right stuff'?A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space programme, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making?Tom Wolfe at his very best Learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoisticThe Right Stuff is superb? New York Times Book Review.

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• Title: The Right Stuff
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
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