Rocket Boys
by Homer Hickam

List Price: $12.95
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0385333218
Publisher: Delta

Homer Hickam was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. A retired NASA engineer, he is a full time writer and lives in Huntsville, Alabama ("Rocket City, USA") with his wife Linda and their four cats. He is the author of five books: His "Coalwood trilogy," begun with October Sky/Rocket Boys, and continued in he Coalwood Way, concludes with Sky of Stone, to be published in October, 2001 by Delacorte. Other books include the nonfiction work Torpedo Junction, which was a Military History Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and the novel Back to the Moon, presently in development for a feature Hollywood movie. Homer is now at work on an epic novel set during World War II.

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