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020 _a0440235502 (pbk.) :
_c$6.99
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_c$6.99
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100 1 _aHickam, Homer H.,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aOctober sky :
_ba memoir
_cHomer H. Hickam, Jr.
246 3 _aRocket boys
260 _aNew York :
_bIsland Books,
_c1999, c1998.
300 _axvi, 428 p. ;
_c18 cm.
500 _aPreviously published as: Rocket boys.
520 _aThe 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"
521 8 _a900
_bLexile.
600 1 0 _aHickam, Homer H.,
_d1943-
650 0 _aAerospace engineers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aCoalwood (W. Va.)
_xSocial life and customs.
791 2 _aCornerstones of Science (Brunswick, Me.)
856 4 2 _zCornerstones of Science website
_uhttp:// www.cornerstonesofscience.org/
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