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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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Have you ever finished reading a book, closed its covers and said to yourself, or even out loud, "God, I which I had written this!" That's what kind of book this is.

I was a teenager by the end of the 50s. I remember Sputnik. I remember the music and the clothes and the different cliques of kids, in and out of school. I've read other books on the coalfields and the men who mined the coal and ran the companies. This is a work of non-fiction, and not only are the people in this book real, but the author makes you understand they are real.

I've already been over to DVDSwap and WLed the movie.