October sky
a memoir
Rocket boys
Hickam, Homer H.
1943-
creator
text
biography
nyu
New York
Island Books
1999, c1998
1999
1998
monographic
eng
xvi, 428 p. ; 18 cm.
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"
900 Lexile.
Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
Previously published as: Rocket boys.
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Hickam, Homer H
1943-
Aerospace engineers
United States
Biography
Coalwood (W. Va.)
Social life and customs
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