An edition of Rocket Boys (1998)

Rocket Boys

A memoir

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An edition of Rocket Boys (1998)

Rocket Boys

A memoir

Largeprint edition

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 18 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come true.

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Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Language
English
Pages
512

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Subjects
Aerospace engineers, Biography, Coal mines and mining, Rocket scientists, Engineers, biography

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Cover of: Rocket Boys
Rocket Boys: A Memoir
2006, Simon & Schuster Audio
Audio CD in English - Abridged edition
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Rocket Boys: A memoir
2001, Tandem Library
in English
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Rocket boys: a memoir
2000, Dell Publishing
in English
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Rocket Boys
2000, Delta
in English
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Cover of: Rocket Boys
Rocket Boys: A memoir
1999, Wheeler Publishing
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Rocket Boys
November 30, 1998, Simon & Schuster (Trade Division)
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First Sentence

"UNTIL i BEGAN to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
512
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.7 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9552996M
ISBN 10
1568957033
ISBN 13
9781568957036
Library Thing
38805

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