books by Homer Hickam
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Homer Hickam
Red Helmet
Homer Hickam
Thomas Nelson
, 2008
Terrific book by a great writer.
I bought this book the first day it came out and enjoyed it tremendously. There's even the speech Homer Hickam made at the memorial to the Sago miners in the back of the book. I got to meet him at a book signing and he is a gracious man. There were a lot of people at ...
The Ambassador's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels)
Homer Hickam
Thomas Dunne Books
, 2005
Stayed up all night reading
Our reading group picked The Ambassador's Son and nearly everybody really liked it, although there was some griping before they read it. This is a great adventure novel with some thoughtful insights on the human condition. Considering Hickam's other books, we should ...
Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942 (Bluejacket Books)
Homer Hickam
US Naval Institute Press
, 1996
Excellent !
Reads like a Clancy thriller. I recommend this book along with Michael Gannon's "Operation Drumbeat" so one can understand the havoc wreaked by German U boats along the Eastern seaboard against totally unprepared and in many cases complacent ships in the early days of ...
We Are Not Afraid: Strength and Courage from the Town That Inspired the #1 Bestseller and Award-Winning Movie ...
Homer Hickam
HCI
, 2002
Fear diminishes the quality of life.........Don't let it!!
We Are Not Afraid is a very inspiring book about strength and courage in perilous times. I think everyone who reads this will come away a stronger individual for it. If you have children, sons, daughters, nieces or nephews I think it is even more important to read ...
The Far Reaches (Josh Thurlow Series #1)
Homer Hickam
St. Martin's Griffin
, 2008
The Far Reaches
Book was in very good condition - loved the story - People were believable and strong - the writer keeps you going in the story
Sky of Stone: A Memoir
Homer Hickam
Dell
, 2002
An excellent peice of literature
Sky of Stone, by Homer "Sonny" Hickam, is the sequel to his famous memoir, Rocket Boys, (October Sky). The story takes place in 1961, a year after his graduation from high school. Sonny, now eighteen, has just finished his first year of college at VPI, and is hoping to ...
The Coalwood Way
Homer Hickam
Island Books
, 2001
A Christmas to Remember
Dr. Werner von Braun once said, "Matters of faith are not really accessible to our rational thinking. I find it best not to ask any questions, but to just believe..." These words are truly conveyed throughout the second of Homer Hickam Jr.'s memoirs, The Coalwood Way, ...
The Keeper's Son (Josh Thurlow Series #1)
Homer Hickam
St. Martin's Paperbacks
, 2004
The Keepers Son
You don't find to many books out there about the Coast Guard Service,and the actual roles that they did during WWI/WWII. Thank you to all the Men and Women Past and Present that serve in our USCG.
Back to the Moon: A Novel
Homer Hickam
Island Books
, 2000
Mr. Hickam for national pundit!
I found this a really good read, filled with interesting characters and a great plot. It starts out with a highjacking of the space shuttle. Hickam has enough inside knowledge to make that perfectly plausible. There is a lot of work in space suits involved, something ...
Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)
Homer Hickam
Delta
, 2000
Highly Entertaining Read.
I enjoyed this true life story so much I bought a copy for our grand children. It is inspirational, I would like to see it on the reading list for middle schools everywhere. When young people are motivated, encouraged and supported, they can and many times will do ...
The Coalwood Way [UNABRIDGED] (Audiobook)
Homer Hickam, 2006
Homer Hickam is the #1 New York Times best-selling author whose life inspired the critically acclaimed film October Sky. In The Coalwood Way he returns to his childhood home of Coalwood, West Virginia for an inspiring memoir about growing up in a town thats slowly fading away. Homer and his close buddies, who call themselves the Rocket Boys, are ...
The Day Diana Died/Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr./Seductive Poison/Rocket Boys (Reader's Digest ...
Christopher Andersen
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Ron Chernow
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Reader's Digest Association
, 1999
A compilation of 4 nonfiction books.
Rocket Boys: a True Story
Homer H. Hickam
Fourth Estate Ltd
, 1998
escape via rocket
Part "Angela's Ashes" (Frank McCourt) and part "I Aim for the Stars" (Werner von Braun), this book chronicles the efforts of a teenage boy to escape the confines of his West Virginia coal-mining milieu. Fourteen-year-old Homer/Sonny Hickam (the protagonist and author) ...
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