Hickam Homer
Hickam Homer - Don't Blow Yourself Up The Further True Adventures And Travails Of The Rocket Boy Of October Sky - Hardcover
Hickam Homer - Don't Blow Yourself Up The Further True Adventures And Travails Of The Rocket Boy Of October Sky - Hardcover
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Description: From Homer Hickam the author of the #1 bestselling Rocket Boys adapted into the beloved film October Sky comes this astonishing memoir of high adventure war love NAS a and his struggle for literary success. Homer Hickam's memoir Rocket Boys and the movie adaptation October Sky have become one of the most popular stories in the world inspiring millions to pursue a better life. But what happened to Homer after he was a West Virginia rocket boy? In his latest memoir Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest baddest game cannon fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam became a scuba instructor discovered sunken U - boats wrote the definitive account of a World War II naval battle befriended Tom Clancy made a desperate attempt to save the passengers of a sunken river boat trained the first Japanese astronauts taught David Letterman to scuba dive helped to fix the Hubble Space Telescope wrote his number one bestselling Rocket Boys and was on set during the making of October Sky. Although told with humor and wit Hickam does not shy away from the pain and hardship endured and the mistakes he made during the tumultuous decades since his life in the town he made famous Coalwood West Virginia.
Title: Don't Blow Yourself Up The Further True Adventures And Travails Of The Rocket Boy Of October Sky
Author(s): Hickam Homer
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781642938241
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 10/26/2021
Category: Astronautics
Description: From Homer Hickam the author of the #1 bestselling Rocket Boys adapted into the beloved film October Sky comes this astonishing memoir of high adventure war love NAS a and his struggle for literary success. Homer Hickam's memoir Rocket Boys and the movie adaptation October Sky have become one of the most popular stories in the world inspiring millions to pursue a better life. But what happened to Homer after he was a West Virginia rocket boy? In his latest memoir Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest baddest game cannon fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam became a scuba instructor discovered sunken U - boats wrote the definitive account of a World War II naval battle befriended Tom Clancy made a desperate attempt to save the passengers of a sunken river boat trained the first Japanese astronauts taught David Letterman to scuba dive helped to fix the Hubble Space Telescope wrote his number one bestselling Rocket Boys and was on set during the making of October Sky. Although told with humor and wit Hickam does not shy away from the pain and hardship endured and the mistakes he made during the tumultuous decades since his life in the town he made famous Coalwood West Virginia.
Title: Don't Blow Yourself Up The Further True Adventures And Travails Of The Rocket Boy Of October Sky
Author(s): Hickam Homer
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781642938241
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 10/26/2021
Category: Astronautics
