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What was Tom Wolfe's first non-fiction book?
In 1970, he published two essays in book form as Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers.
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What were they about?
"Radical Chic" was a biting account of a party given by composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein to raise money for the Black Panther Party.
What is the black panther party?
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What did he do after those essays?
In 1979, Wolfe published The Right Stuff.

Question: What was that about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was The Right Stuff about?