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Rocket Boys

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ISBN-10: 0385333218

ISBN-13: 9780385333214

Edition: 1955

Authors: Homer Hickam

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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir--a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's…    
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Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1955
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.27" wide x 8.00" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748

Homer Hickam (tambi�n conocido como Homer H. Hickam, Jr.) es el galardonado autor  best seller  de muchos libros, incluyendo la memoria n�mero uno del  New York Times   Rocket Boys , que se convirti� en la aclamada pel�cula Cielo de octubre . Ha sido un escritor desde que asist�a a la escuela. Es un veterano de guerra de Vietnam, fue minero de carb�n, instructor de buceo, ï¿½vido paleont�logo novato, e ingeniero retirado. Vive en Alabama y en las Islas V�rgenes.

Coalwood
Sputnik
Mom
The Football Fathers
Quentin
Mr. Bykovski
Cape Coalwood
Construction of the Cape
Jake Mosby
Miss Riley
Rocket Candy
The Machinists
The Rocket Book
The Pillar Explosion
The State Troopers
A Natural Arrogance
Valentine
The Bump
Picking Up and Going On
O'Dell's Treasure
Zincoshine
We Do the Math
Science Fairs
A Suit for Indianapolis
The National Science Fair
All Systems Go
Epilogue