Rocket Boys
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Homer H. Hickam
Homer H. Hickam
1998 • 368 pages

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Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come true.

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#1 in Coalwood

Coalwood is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Homer Hickam.

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Rocket Boys
#2
The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
#3
Sky of Stone

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