num_pages: 369
description: See alternate Cover Edition 
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.When the future began...THE MEN HAD IT. 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 ro perform with the whole world listening... The TV Press Conference: "What is in your heart? Do you feel with him while he's in orbit?"THE RIGHT STUFFIt's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage. It's men like Chuck Yeager, fastest man on earth; Pete Conrad who laughed himself out of the running; Gus Grissom who almost lost it when his capsule sank... And John Glenn, the only space traveler whose apple-pie image wasn't a lie.
language: English
title: The Right Stuff
titlecomplete: The Right Stuff
characters: Chuck Yeager, Pete Conrad, John Glenn, Gus Grissom
genres: Biography, Adventure, Science, Nonfiction, Space, American History, Classics, Journalism, Aviation, History
ratings_count: 51876
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: General Nonfiction (Hardcover), awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Columbia Journalism Award
publisher: Bantam Books