Rocket Boys
A Memoir
New York : Delacorte Press, [1998]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 368 pages ; 25 cm
The life and times of aerospace engineer Home Hickman and his friends in Big Creek, West Virginia.
Contents:
Coalwood -- Sputnik -- Mom -- The football fathers -- Quentin -- Mr. Bykovski -- Cape Coalwood -- Construction of the Cape -- Jake Mosby -- Miss Riley -- Rocket candy -- The machinists -- The rocket book -- The pillar explosion -- The state troopers -- A natural arrogance -- Valentine -- The bump -- Picking up and going on -- O'dell's treasure -- Zincoshine -- We do the math -- Science fairs -- A suit for Indianapolis -- The national science fair -- All systems go.
ISBN:
038533320X
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Hickam, Homer | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
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