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 Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches. 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 Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
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- Summary
- The life and times of aerospace engineer Home Hickman and his friends in Big Creek, West Virginia
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages
- Contents
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- Coalwood
- Sputnik
- Mom
- The football fathers
- Quentin
- Mr. Bykovski
- Cape Coalwood
- Construction of the Cape
- Jake Mosby
- Miss Riley
- Rocket candy
- The machinists
- The rocket book
- The pillar explosion
- The state troopers
- A natural arrogance
- Valentine
- The bump
- Picking up and going on
- O'dell's treasure
- Zincoshine
- We do the math
- Science fairs
- A suit for Indianapolis
- The national science fair
- All systems go
- Isbn
- 9780385333207
- Label
- Rocket boys : a memoir
- Title
- Rocket boys
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Homer H. Hickam, Jr
- Title variation
- October sky
- Subject
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- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- Aerospace engineers
- trueAerospace engineers -- Biography
- trueAerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueChildhood -- Anecdotes
- Closed captioning
- trueCoal mining towns
- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHigh school boys
- trueSmall town life
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Videocassettes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The life and times of aerospace engineer Home Hickman and his friends in Big Creek, West Virginia
- 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
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- American Library Association-YA award book.
- New York Times Best Illustrated book.
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults.
- 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
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- 629.1/092/273
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- TL789.85.H53
- LC item number
- A3 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hickam, Homer H
- Hickam, Homer H
- Aerospace engineers
- Aerospace engineers
- United States
- Label
- Rocket boys : a memoir, Homer H. Hickam, Jr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Coalwood -- Sputnik -- Mom -- The football fathers -- Quentin -- Mr. Bykovski -- Cape Coalwood -- Construction of the Cape -- Jake Mosby -- Miss Riley -- Rocket candy -- The machinists -- The rocket book -- The pillar explosion -- The state troopers -- A natural arrogance -- Valentine -- The bump -- Picking up and going on -- O'dell's treasure -- Zincoshine -- We do the math -- Science fairs -- A suit for Indianapolis -- The national science fair -- All systems go
- Control code
- ocm38959691
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385333207
- Lccn
- 98019304
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)38959691
- 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
- Contents
- Coalwood -- Sputnik -- Mom -- The football fathers -- Quentin -- Mr. Bykovski -- Cape Coalwood -- Construction of the Cape -- Jake Mosby -- Miss Riley -- Rocket candy -- The machinists -- The rocket book -- The pillar explosion -- The state troopers -- A natural arrogance -- Valentine -- The bump -- Picking up and going on -- O'dell's treasure -- Zincoshine -- We do the math -- Science fairs -- A suit for Indianapolis -- The national science fair -- All systems go
- Control code
- ocm38959691
- 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
- (OCoLC)38959691
Subject
- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- Aerospace engineers
- trueAerospace engineers -- Biography
- trueAerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueChildhood -- Anecdotes
- Closed captioning
- trueCoal mining towns
- Hickam, Homer H, 1943-
- trueHigh school boys
- trueSmall town life
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Videocassettes
Genre
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 1998
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 1998
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