The Right Stuff
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The Right Stuff is a 1979 non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe (later adapted into a film) that chronicles the early U.S. space program and the test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, who embodied the daring culture of high-speed flight and astronaut selection.
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| The Right Stuff (1983 film) | 1 |
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| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| adaptedAsFilm |
The Right Stuff
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The Right Stuff (1983 film)
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| author | Tom Wolfe ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| describes |
United States Air Force test pilots
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astronaut selection ⓘ high-speed flight culture ⓘ risk-taking in aviation ⓘ space race ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
competition
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courage ⓘ heroism ⓘ masculinity ⓘ technology and risk ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alan Shepard
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Chuck Yeager ⓘ Deke Slayton ⓘ Gordon Cooper ⓘ Gus Grissom ⓘ John Glenn ⓘ Scott Carpenter ⓘ Wally Schirra ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Philip Kaufman ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
breaking the sound barrier
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early NASA missions ⓘ selection of the Mercury Seven astronauts ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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journalism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Right Stuff (film) score
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The Right Stuff (1983 film)
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| hasISBN | 978-0-374-15808-6 ⓘ |
| hasOCLCNumber | 4495439 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approx. 436 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Mercury program
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early U.S. space program ⓘ test pilots ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed narrative style
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portrayal of test pilot culture ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ Cold War ⓘ |
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The Right Stuff (1983 film)