The right stuff
Wolfe, Tom2018
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Originally published in 1979, Tom Wolfe's 'The Right Stuff' tells the story of supersonic flight testing from the breaking of the sound barrier in 1949 to NASA's Mercury 7 rocket programme. Wolfe's story, however, was not about technology but about the bravery and sacrifices of the pilots.
Main title:
The right stuff / Tom Wolfe.
Author:
Wolfe, Tom, author
Edition:
[New edition] / with an introduction by Scott Kelly.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2018.
Collation:
xxiii, 414 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Previous edition: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979.
ISBN:
9781784873714 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
629.40973
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
620581
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