04655cam a2200913 4500 576911110 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 ||||||s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780440333876 0440333873 B000Q67J3O Amazon aadd9e33-1b56-4376-906c-38db2ace2ddd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 16929 OverDrive (Product ID) 79590 79590 79590 TxAuBib Hickam, Homer H, 1943- Rocket Boys [Libby eBook]. Random House Publishing Group, 1999. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3125kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. books for 16 year old boys. books for teens 12-16 boys. biographies and memoirs. American history books. american history. fathers and sons. gifts for teens. rocket science. relationships. Coming of age. Autobiography. West Virginia. science books. science gifts. family life. high school. Engineering. biographies. space gifts. october sky. us history. space race. Appalachia. Biography. astronaut. Aerospace. Astronomy. Physics. rockets. Science. Memoirs. Poverty. History. family. Rocket. mining. memoir. school. space. boys. nasa. HTML:<b>The #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling memoir that inspired the film <i>October Sky,</i> <i>Rocket Boys</i> 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.</b><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, <i>Rocket Boys</i> is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true.<br /> <br /> A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, <i>Rocket Boys</i> is a chronicle of triumph. Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Best Fiction for Young Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-10 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AAD/D9E/33/RocketBoys9780440333876.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AADD9E33-1B56-4376-906C-38DB2ACE2DDD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AAD/D9E/33/RocketBoys9780440333876.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AADD9E33-1B56-4376-906C-38DB2ACE2DDD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/AAD/D9E/33/RocketBoys9780440333876.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AADD9E33-1B56-4376-906C-38DB2ACE2DDD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)