Rocket Boys
A True Story
$38.74
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
22 November 2015
Summary
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.
In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite reached, and dominated by the black steel towers of the mine. For fourteen-year-old Homer ‘Sonny’ Hickam there are only two routes in life: a college football scholarship, or a life un…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008166083 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008166080 |
| Author: | Homer Hickam |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 22 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 29mm |
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‘Gloriously inspiring’ Mail on Sunday ‘Moving, utterly absorbing and often explosively funny’ Esquire ‘Wonderful’ The Times
‘Gloriously inspiring’ Mail on Sunday
‘Moving, utterly absorbing and often explosively funny’ Esquire
‘Wonderful’ The Times
About The Author
Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books, including the #1 New York Times memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the film October Sky. He is a Vietnam combat veteran and has also been a coal miner, scuba instructor, palaeontologist and NASA engineer.
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