The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
Book Summary Information
Author: Tom WolfeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2005-05-01
ISBN: 1579124585
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Book Reviews of The Right Stuff
Book Review: A must-read for flying and space buffs
Summary: 4 Stars
This tells the true story of how and why the Americans first broke the sound barrier and then launched men into space. It is at its most entertaining when describing the whole test pilot scene at the time, with the day-to-day dangers and appalling fatalities, the financial and other hardships that the families had to put up with, and the hard-living, hard-drinking competitive attitudes that made such a life possible. Added to this is a surreal, tongue-in-cheek description of the overly analytical scientists running the programme, providing an interesting comment on society's unquestioning faith in science and technology in the optimistic 50s. My only hesitancy in fully recommending the book is that it is just too hard to tell exactly how much is true and how much is Wolfe's dramatic interpretation. I can't help feeling that poor old Gus Grissom was a bit of an easy target, and comes out of it with little glory, and I would love to know what John Glenn makes of it. I suppose this is always a problem with "historical" fiction, but this is maybe a bit too recent to take such major liberties.
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in The Right Stuff
Hanging Kit Included (a value of $27.05)! Travel Hammock Set - Red (11.5 ft)JOBEK; JOBEK; Kitchen
Best price: $39.18
Price in other shops:
Crazy Creek B.A. Tarp Lite (Forest Green)Crazy Creek; Crazy Creek; Sports
Best price: $59.99
Price in other shops:
GARMIN 010-00469-00 128 MB GPS Map With Barometric Altimeter & Electronic CompassGarmin; CE
Price in other shops:
Snow and Nealley Hudson Bay Camp Axe (012S)Snow and Nealley; Tools
SealLine? WideMouth Duffle 80LSEAL LINE; Seal Line; Sports
Fiji (Country Guide)by Justine Vaisutis
Lonely Planet; Published: 2006-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
Chevrolet Corvett C5-R R. Fellows-J. O'Connell-O. Gavin #63 Le Mans 2002 1/ 43 Scale diecast ModelIXO; IXO; Toy
Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)Release date: 2005-03-29; DVD
Best price: $6.07
Price in other shops:
The Flight of the PhoenixRelease date: 2003-05-20; DVD
Best price: $4.48
Price in other shops:
3M™ Vinyl Duct Tape 3903 Gray, 2 in x 50 yd 6.2 mil3M(TM); Tools
Best price: $3.28
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
In Cold Bloodby Truman Capote
Vintage; Published: 1994-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature EditionHANKS,TOM; Release date: 2005-09-20; DVD
Best price: $18.47
Price in other shops:
In the Shadow of the MoonImage Entertainment; Release date: 2008-02-22; DVD
Best price: $12.57
Price in other shops:
This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age (Modern Library Paperbacks)by William E. Burrows
Modern Library; Published: 1999-11-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.89
Price in other shops:
I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novelby Tom Wolfe
Picador; Published: 2005-08-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.85
Price in other shops:
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronautsby Andrew Chaikin
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-08-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.90
Price in other shops:
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Testby Tom Wolfe
Picador; Published: 2008-08-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.93
Price in other shops:
The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novelby Tom Wolfe
Picador; Published: 2008-03-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.22
Price in other shops:
Yeager: An Autobiographyby Chuck Yeager
Bantam; Published: 1986-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2003-06-10; DVD
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops: