Nonfiction – History
Released January, 1979
369 Pages
Bottom Line: Read it.
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Plot Summary of The Right Stuff:
A portrait of the personality type that enthusiastically chooses a career with 1 in 4 odds of death: the Navy test pilot and the earliest participants in the U.S. manned space program.
My Thoughts on The Right Stuff:
My mom had been telling me to read The Right Stuff for a long time – and I had ignored her because I figured a 350 page book about Navy pilots and the space race would bore me to tears.
But, true to Tom Wolfe form, The Right Stuff is mostly (very funny, incidentally) social commentary on the personalities in these professions and the general public as a whole during that time period. Needless to say, I was not bored to tears.
The Right Stuff is on my Books for Guys List.
I read this book after seeing the movie, which is one of my all-time favorites. The movie totally captures the spirit of the book, and may be even better. I highly recommend if you enjoyed the book…believe it was nominated for Best Picture.
I will check it out – thanks for stopping by!
Yeah this is an interesting book! But it’s been a long long time since I read it. Great movie too. Someday I’ll need to reread it. An important chapter in history!
I’ve seen the movie a couple of times, I never even thought there was a book!