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Description
The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys , that inspired the Universal Pictures film. 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:... read more
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.
Table of Contents
1. Coalwood
2. Sputnik
3. Mom
4. The Football Fathers
5. Quentin
6. Mr. Bykovski
7. Cape Coalwood
8. Construction of the Cape
9.Jake Mosby
10. Miss Riley
11. Rocket Candy
12. The Machinists
13. The Rocket Book
14. The Pillar Explosion
15. The State Troopers
16. A Natural Arrogance
17. Valentine
18. The Bump
19. Picking Up and Going on
20. O'Dell's Treasure
21. Zincoshine
22. We Do the Math
23.Science Fairs
24. A Suit for Indianapolis
25.The National Science Fair
26. All Systems Go
Epilogue
Authors & Contributors
- Homer H. Hickam (Author)
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