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Simon & Schuster Audio, December 2006
Abridged Compact Disk, 4 disks
ISBN-10: 0743565061
ISBN-13: 9780743565066
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir -- a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space...and who made those dreams come true. Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a marvelously entertaining chronicle of triumph.
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"A thoroughly charming memoir . . . [An] eloquent evocation of a lost time and place."
-- The New York Times
Daily Sentinel, September 16, 2011
...for his autograph, learning about theier own stories. The event attracted people from all over North Alabama, including Homer Hickam, author of "October Sky/Rocket Boys" and a former community read participant.“Anytime I can make it out to ...
Daily Sentinel, September 14, 2011
...not have to be purchased at the event for a signature.Past books read during Communi"ty Read include Homer Hickam’s "October Sky/Rocket Boys", Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea" and David Baldacci’s "Wish You Well".� With each ...
The Daily Camera, November 4, 2009
...and concerns with the weaponization of space. Moore will stay to introduce the movie 'October Sky,' based on Homer Hickam's book 'Rocket Boys,' which is this year's featured book for the community reading project One Book, One Boulder ...
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, October 4, 2009
...my life forever and it?s all because of all of y?all.? Elsie Hickam is the mother of Homer Hickam, author of ?Rocket Boys,? the book that the movie, ?October Sky? was based on.This marks the 11th annual October Sky Festival in Coalwood. The ...
NewsBlaze, May 14, 2009
...How did Rocket Boys begin and what was your inspiration to build rockets which later lead you to become a NASA engineer? It's amazing that my memoir Rocket Boys continues to be ...
Galveston County Daily News, March 29, 2009
...for the 2010 selection, e-mail Karen Stanley at kstanley(at)rosenberg-library.org by April 24. The Finalists ? ?Rocket Boys? by Homer Hickam. This memoir captures the wonder of the early years of space exploration and was brought to the ...
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