The Right Stuff
by Wolfe, Tom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux; (1979). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first printing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light gray cloth with silver lettering. Light soiling in a few small aras to edges of page block. The jacket has just light edgewear and rumpling, with a tiny bit of loss at the foot of the spine. Wolfe's take on NASA and the astronaut image. Jacket has $12.95 price on front flap; no names or other markings in the book - a tight, clean copy.
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018396
- Title
- The Right Stuff
- Author
- Wolfe, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux; (1979)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Tulsa Books
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
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