num_pages: 436
description: What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit up 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 astronauts and find out … to put into words matters that the very code of the pilot rules off-limits in conversation. These matters … add up to one of the most extraordinary and most secret dramas of the twentieth century.'One of the most romantic and thrilling books ever written about men who put themselves in peril'Boston Globe'The Right Stuff is Wolfe's best book'Sunday Times'Absolutely first class … Improbable as some of Tom's tales seem, I know he's telling it like it was'Former Astronaut Michael Collins
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: Picador