Hickam, Homer H.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir

New York: Delacorte Press, c1998. Seventh Printing. 25 cm, 368, erasure residue on front endpaper, slight wear and soiling to DJ. Recently filmed as the much under-rated "October Sky. " True tale of a boy from Coalwood, West Virginia, who learned to make homemade rockets and ultimately became a NASA engineer. Condition: very good, very good.

Keywords: Rockets, NASA, Space Exploration, Coalwood, WV, Sputnik, Science Education, Spaceflight, October Sky

ISBN: 038533320X

[Book #30957]

Price: $22.50