The book the right stuff6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Adopting literary techniques from fiction and making their own presence part of the story went against every old school established convention of reporting history. The New Journalism at which Wolfe was at the vanguard eschewed the traditional dry reportage of the Who-What-Where-When-Why-and How tradition of journalism. ![]() The seminal figure at the heart of-and the coiner of the term-New Journalism may have been the unlikeliest chronicler of process that led to the creation of America’s space program, but in retrospect it is impossibly difficult to imagine any writer who could have done it better. For that matter, Tom Wolfe hanging out with the Mercury 7 astronauts-those fearless fighter pilots who the first to sit atop an American rocket and blast through the atmosphere-seems impossible to imagine. ![]() Fashion-wise, Wolfe belongs to era of men’s style and concern with their appearance that is as out of joint with the Space Age as the street urchins of Dicken or the ladies with sense and sensibility desperately seeking a husband of means. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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