Defining "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe This was an essay I submitted for English 102. The topic of the essay is a definintion of the concept of the "right stuff" as explained in Tom Wolfe's book.

William Turner EN 102 American Military University Defining "The Right Stuff" In his novel "The Right Stuff", Tom Wolfe chronicles the early years of the United States' manned space program. Wolfe talks about numerous young military men devoting their lives to forwarding technology while mustering up the guts to do it again and again. These pioneers lead America through the developments of rocket-powered flight and ultimately succeeding in breaking the bounds of earth and fly in …

…at what you do and ascend to the top ranks of a profession that requires a man to go beyond the normal on a daily basis shows that these military men had "The Right Stuff." Annotated Bibliography and Works Cited Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2001. Wolfe's book tells about the early years of the American space program, as seen through the eyes of some of the bravest Americans in History.