Hickam, Homer H.,  1943- <br/><br/>
October sky :  a memoir 
 Rocket boys 
Homer H. Hickam, Jr. 
 - New York :  Island Books,  1999, c1998. 
 - xvi, 428 p. ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previously published as: Rocket boys. 
<br/><br/> The author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik" 
<br/><br/> 900  Lexile. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0440235502 (pbk.) :  $6.99 9780440235507 (pbk.) :  $6.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hickam, Homer H., 1943- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aerospace engineers--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Coalwood (W. Va.)--Social life and customs.