Search results
Feb 16, 1999 · It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Sonny Hickam (aka Homer Hickam, Jr.) nurtured a dream: to learn how to build a rocket so he could work in the space business.
October Sky is the first memoir in a series of four, by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr. originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town.
Feb 16, 1999 · Homer, Sr. dreams for him become smashed when Sonny watches Sputnik, the first satellite to be launched into space by the Soviets, fly overhead across the West Virginia sky in October, 1957. Sonny becomes inspired both by that first intrepid launch and by the work of Werner von Braun and the Cape Canaveral rocketry team who begin to compete for ...
- Homer Hickam
Feb 16, 1999 · Lush and lyrical, October Sky is a uniquely American memoir: A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, of a mother’s love and a father’s fears, and of growing up and getting out.
Jan 1, 1998 · 22,479 ratings2,245 reviews. Based on the book Rocket Boys, this feature film by Universal Pictures premieres in theaters in February and stars Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. Originally published as Rocket Boys, this novelization is the official movie tie-in to the movie. Available now.
Jan 1, 1999 · October Sky. Paperback – January 1, 1999. October Sky by Homer Hickam. Dell Publishing,1998. Fourth Estate. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now. October Sky. [HICKHAM, HOMER H.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
- HOMER H. HICKHAM
Lush and lyrical, October Sky is a uniquely American memoir: A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, of a mother’s love and a father’s fears, and of growing...
Mar 4, 2011 · A nostalgic and lyrical memoir of growing up in rural West Virginia in the 1950s and one boy’s dream to rival the Russians in the race for space.
- Homer Hickam
Feb 16, 1999 · It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to...
Jul 2, 2021 · Homer Hickam introduces readers to Coalwood, West Virginia, a 1950s haven of small town charm and hometown magic. 900. Previously published as: Rocket boys.
