The Right Stuff
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374250332
- ISBN 13
- 9780374250331
- Seller
-
Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Walther's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007914
- Title
- The Right Stuff
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374250332
- ISBN 13
- 9780374250331
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 448
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- TEST_PILOTS NASA SPACE_RACE APOLLO_MISSION GEMINI_MISSION
Terms of Sale
Walther's Books
About the Seller
Walther's Books
About Walther's Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...