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Book synopsis

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. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph -- at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining.

Book details

• Full title: Rocket Boys
• Subtitle: A Memoir
• Author: Homer H. Hickam
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780385333214
• ISBN: 0385333218
• ID: 10987783
• Publisher: Delta
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 133 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 2000

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