The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff

By Tom Wolfe

  • Release Date: 2008-03-04
  • Genre: U.S. History
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 386 Ratings

Description

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.

Reviews

  • Iconic

    5
    By Rado1947
    For aviation and space enthusiasts
  • Loved it!

    4
    By EKW1556
    This was a great read and a fun story to follow. I highly recommend!
  • Brilliant

    5
    By VoxQUINDARO
    Better editing than BURROUGHS (!), better writing than THOMPSON (!!), and a subject worthy of HEMINGWAY (!!!)… …'nough said