Rocket Boys
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Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer Sonny Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket.‘Gloriously inspiring’ Mail on Sunday
‘Moving, utterly absorbing and often explosively funny’ Esquire
‘Wonderful’ The Times
Unusually for 50s’ West Viriginia, all the Rocket Boys went to college and on to professional careers. Homer Hickam, 21 years after the BCMA fired its final rocket, joined NASA as an engineer at the Marshall Space Flights Centre from which he retired in 1997.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780008166083 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008166080 |
| Title | Rocket Boys |
| Author | Homer Hickam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2015-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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