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Book Review of October Sky: A Memoir

October Sky: A Memoir
October Sky: A Memoir
Author: Homer Hickam
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Science & Math, Substores
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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True story about teenager from West Virginia who became a NASA engineer. Details life in coal mining town in the early 1960's as well as his rocket adventures with his high school friends aka the Rocket Boys.