Title:
October sky : a memoir / Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
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9780440235507
Publication Information:
New York : Island Books, 1999, ©1998.
Physical Description:
xvi, 428 pages ; 18 cm
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Previously published as: Rocket boys.
Abstract:
The author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik."
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