The Right Stuff

ISBN 10 : 080851136X ISBN 13 : 9780808511366

Synopsis

Book by Wolfe Tom James

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse? I decided on the simplest approach possible. I would ask a few of the astronauts and find out...

The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes. The first Americans in space - battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. The women had it. While Mr Wonderful was aloft, it tore your heart out that the Hero's Wife, down on the ground, had to perform with the whole world watching. The Right Stuff. It's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage.

Revue de presse

"The Right Stuff is Wolfe's best book" (Sunday Times)

"It is Tom Wolfe at his very best...technically accurate, learned, cheeky, risky, touching, tough, compassionate, nostalgic, worshipful, jingoistic... The Right Stuff is superb" (New York Times Book Review)

"An exhilarating flight into fear, love, beauty and fiery death... magnificent" (People)

"Absolutely first class... Improbable as some of Tom's tales seem, I know he's telling it like it was" (Michael Collins, former astronaut)

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080851136X
• ISBN 13: 9780808511366
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible