The Right Stuff
From "America’s nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review)
From "America’s nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312427566 (0312427565)
ASIN: 312427565
Publish date: March 4th 2008
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Science,
Space,
Journalism,
War,
Military,
American History
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