TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hickam,Homer H.
TI  - October sky: a memoir
SN  - 0440235502 (pbk.) :
PY  - 1999///, c1998
CY  - New York
PB  - Island Books
KW  - Hickam, Homer H.,
KW  - Aerospace engineers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Coalwood (W. Va.)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Previously published as: Rocket boys; 900; Lexile
N2  - 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"
UR  - http:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/
ER  -