The Resource Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr
Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr
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The item Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- The story of a young boy growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia during the 1950's, who dreams of building rockets
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Rocket boys : a memoir
- Title
- Rocket boys
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Homer H. Hickam, Jr
- Title variation
- October sky
- Subject
-
- trueBooks to movies
- trueChildhood -- Anecdotes
- trueCoal mining towns
- Coalwood (W. Va.) -- Social life and customs
- Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2000-2001
- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHigh school boys
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine | Scientists and inventors
- trueScience Writing -- Physics
- trueAerospace engineers -- Biography
- Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueScience Writing -- Space and Flight
- trueSmall town life
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueUnited States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story of a young boy growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia during the 1950's, who dreams of building rockets
- Summary
- 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."
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2000
- Awards note
- Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2000-2001
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 157190
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hickam, Homer H.
- Dewey number
-
- 629.1092273
- 920
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 900
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Hickam, Homer H
- Aerospace engineers
- Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2000-2001
- Coalwood (W. Va.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20668079
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385333207
- Lccn
- 98019304
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (DLC) 98019304
- Label
- Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20668079
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385333207
- Lccn
- 98019304
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (DLC) 98019304
Subject
- trueBooks to movies
- trueChildhood -- Anecdotes
- trueCoal mining towns
- Coalwood (W. Va.) -- Social life and customs
- Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2000-2001
- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHigh school boys
- trueLife stories -- Science, technology, and medicine | Scientists and inventors
- trueScience Writing -- Physics
- trueAerospace engineers -- Biography
- Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueScience Writing -- Space and Flight
- trueSmall town life
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueUnited States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- trueLife stories
- trueScience Writing
- trueBiography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueAnecdotes
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 1998
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 1998
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