About the Author
Homer Hickam is the author of the #1
New York Times bestseller
October Sky as well as the acclaimed follow-up to
October Sky,
The Coalwood Way. He is also the author of
Back to the Moon and
Torpedo Junction, as well as numerous articles for such publications as
Smithsonian Air and Space and
American History Illustrated. He lives with his wife in Huntsville, Alabama — Rocket City, USA.
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