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"Coalwood, West Virginia, is the little coal-mining town where I grew up, and it was there that five other teenage boys and I famously built and launched rockets. I recounted this story in my memoir, 'Rocket Boys.'"

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About Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam is an American author and former NASA engineer, best known for his memoir Rocket Boys, which inspired the film October Sky. He is also a Vietnam War veteran and has written multiple memoir and fiction works.

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