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Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky ) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky .
October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern.The screenplay by Lewis Colick, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner's son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 to take up rocketry against his father's wishes and eventually ...
Homer Hickam (born 1943), American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer October Sky: The Homer Hickam Story, 1999 American biographical film; Horace Meek Hickam (1885–1934), pioneer airpower advocate and officer in the United States Army Air Corps; Places. Hickam Air Force Base (formerly Hickam Field), United States Air Force ...
Homer "Sonny" Hickam Jr. is the author and narrator of the memoir. He is 8 years old at the beginning of the story but is in high school for most of the book. He serves as the leader of the Rocket Boys. He is nearsighted, wears glasses, and plays in the school band. Elsie Hickam is Homer Hickam's wife and the mother of Jim and "Sonny" Hickam ...
After a year and a half of work, the House committee investigating the events of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is set to hold its final hearing and issue a report on its ...
The Coalwood Way (2000) is the second memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. The Coalwood Way is a story of the Rocket Boys and Coalwood. Homer calls it an "equal," rather than a sequel because the story happens during the same timeframe as the first book.
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Sky of Stone is a memoir by Homer Hickam, Jr. about his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia, the third in a trilogy that began with Rocket Boys and continued with The Coalwood Way. The book was published by Delacorte Press in October 2001, [ 1 ] with a mass-market paperback edition from Dell in October 2002.