Rocket Boys: A Memoir (The Coalwood Series #1)
by Homer Hickam
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 038533320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385333207
- Seller
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State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte Press, 9/15/1998 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.4000 in x 8.0000 in x 5.4000 in. Full number line with BVG after. Dust jacket shows mild wear, especially at edges and some crinkling near and at the top of the spine. Internally clean and bright.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Webster's Bookstore Cafe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000135296
- Title
- Rocket Boys: A Memoir (The Coalwood Series #1)
- Author
- Homer Hickam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 038533320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385333207
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 9/15/1998 12:00:01 A
- Size
- 1.4000 in x 8.0000 in x 5.4000 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 1.1001 lb
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Websters has been selling online since 1994. We're located in downtown State College, PA and have a busy cafe, a performance space, and also stock vintage vinyl. Community is our key! Woman-owned and LGBTQ-friendly, we are a general used bookstore.
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