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Rocket Boys; A Memoir
by Hickam Jr., Homer H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [9], x-xii, [5], 2-368 pp. Quarter cream cloth over cream paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $23.95 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of Hickam's wonderful memoir of his boyhood in Coalwood, West Virginia in which he and a group of friends became interested in rocketry, an interest that eventually led Hickam to a long career at NASA as an aerospace engineer. Near Fine with a tiny bump to the edge of the rear board in a Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000011848
- Title
- Rocket Boys; A Memoir
- Author
- Hickam Jr., Homer H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press (1998)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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