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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.
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 memoir of the same name, tells the true 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 ...
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.
Michael's maternal grandparents, Elsie and George Brunner, raised him as their own son in Eau Claire, Wis., and officially adopted Michael in 1976. Noting that he was "loved," Michael said his ...
October’s most exciting new books *really* run the gamut: There’s a thought-provoking novel told through the eyes of an AI mother grappling with the unexpected death of her human daughter, a ...
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.
Oct. 8—GRANITE FALLS — There are two things the Strom brothers have in common. In a family of six boys and four girls, all six boys have served in the military, with the last of them about to ...
Pages in category "Books by Homer Hickam" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... October Sky (book) S. Sky of Stone This page was ...
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