The Right Stuff
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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 emapthetic powers, that made this book a classic.
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eBook
Edition
Revised
Street Date
03/04/2008
Language
English
ISBN
9781429961325
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While T. Coraghessan Boyle sticks to fiction and Tom Wolfe writes fiction and nonfiction, both authors offer entertaining yet incisive views of the flaws in American culture and society. They skillfully manipulate words and concepts to illumine quirks while sympathetically portraying their characters. -- Katherine Johnson
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Both skewer the foibles of the rich and famous during the so-called "American Century" (the 20th century). While Wolfe's works are melancholic and sobering and Dunne generally adopts a breezier conversational style, they are both able to dish the dirt in a gossipy tone. -- Autumn Winters
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Booklist Review
In a 1960s New Journalism style, colloquial and hyperkinetic, Wolfe tells the public and private stories of the first American astronauts how they were selected, trained, and shot into space and how their combination of talent, ambition, and daring made them instant heroes. Also by Wolfe: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968). (O 15 79 Adult)
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Wolfe's 1979 volume chronicled the handful of adrenaline-junkie military test pilots who became the Mercury astronauts. Their story is juxtaposed against that of Chuck Yeager, the ace of aces pilot who broke the sound barrier but couldn't apply to the space program because he lacked a college degree. Wolfe also provides insight into the political motivations for the space race and the paranoia of the Cold War. A terrific read from beginning to end, and, unlike Bonfire above, the film version is fabulous (make sure to have it in your DVD collection). (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Wolfe's 1979 volume chronicled the handful of adrenaline-junkie military test pilots who became the Mercury astronauts. Their story is juxtaposed against that of Chuck Yeager, the ace of aces pilot who broke the sound barrier but couldn't apply to the space program because he lacked a college degree. Wolfe also provides insight into the political motivations for the space race and the paranoia of the Cold War. A terrific read from beginning to end, and, unlike Bonfire above, the film version is fabulous (make sure to have it in your DVD collection).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wolfe, T. (2008). The Right Stuff (Revised). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolfe, Tom. 2008. The Right Stuff. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wolfe, T. (2008). The right stuff. Revised Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff Revised, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
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