Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

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 lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph--at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining.

Now with 8 pages of photographs.

A number-one New York Times bestseller in mass market, brought to the screen in the acclaimed film October Sky, Homer Hickam's memoir, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, comes to trade paperback with an all-new photo insert.

One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true.

A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph.

Homer Hickam was born and raised in the West Virginia town of Coalwood. He is a retired NASA engineer, a dive teacher, and a consultant on a variety of aerospace projects. He is the author of Torpedo Junction, Return to the Moon, and the bestselling Rocket Boys (now titled October Sky).

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ISBN 13	9780385333207
ISBN 10	038533320X
Title	Rocket Boys
Author	Homer Hickam
Series	Coalwood
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1998-09-15
Number of pages	384
Prizes	Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) 1998, Short-listed for Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2002
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.