The Right Stuff (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Wolfe
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: New journalism
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, New Journalism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, United States or Americans, Courage, Space flight or travel, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, 1940’s, Ambition, Heroes or heroism, Biography, Technology, Pilots or pilotage, Aeronautics, Astronauts
- Locales: Space, Houston, TX, Cape Canaveral, FL, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, Langley Air Force Base, VA
Critical Evaluation:
The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe’s account of America’s space program up to Project Mercury, evolved from his curiosity about the kind of men who were willing to sit on top of a thirty-six story container of explosives waiting for the fuse to be lit. His interest in these men—who they were, where they came from, and how they felt while perched atop twenty thousand pounds of liquid oxygen—fueled the research that resulted in this entertaining and enlightening look at America’s astronauts. Wolfe explores the fraternity of fliers, the military...
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