From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek) - a breathtaking 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)
Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but
until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the
adventure: namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts
themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on
earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe
describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers that made The Right
Stuff a classic.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Wolfe is the author of more than a dozen books, among them such
contemporary classics as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right
Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full. A native of
Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University
and a PhD. in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City.
ABOUT THE NARRATOR
Dennis Quaid is renowned for his distinct portrayals in both comedic and
dramatic roles over the past forty years. Quaid can next be seen in
Roadside Attraction's faith-based film I Can Only Imagine which will
be released on March 16, 2018.
Dennis most recently stared in Crackle's auctioneering drama The Art of
More on which he also served as an executive producer. On the big
screen, he was recently seen starring in Universal's A Dog's Purpose
as well as in the fact-based drama Truth. He will next begin filming
the third season of the BAFTA award-nominated television series
Fortitude and recently completed production on Lionsgate's Kin with
James Franco.
Quaid began to gain attention in the late 1970s for roles in such films
as Breaking Away before gaining public and critical acclaim for his
role in the 1983 release The Right Stuff. Other notable credits
include The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic, Vantage
Point, Frequency, The Parent Trap, and Soul Surfer. For his role
in Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven he won the New York Film Critics
Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics
Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics
Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award
for Best Supporting Male. In 2010 he was nominated for numerous awards
including a SAG Award(R), an Emmy(c) and a Golden Globe(c) for his
portrayal of Bill Clinton in the TV Movie, A Special Relationship.
