🤿Episode 48-Rocket Boy: The Extraordinary Life of Homer Hickam Jr.
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🤿Episode 48-Rocket Boy: The Extraordinary Life of Homer Hickam Jr.
🛰The story of the travails of Homer Hickam only began in Coalwood, a small mining town in West Virginia. His childhood success became a Hollywood movie October Sky. Find out the rest of the story of Homer and his many endeavors! 🚀
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In honor of today being the birthday of the ultimate "Rocket Boy" Homer Hickam, it feels like the perfect time to share this video of Coalwood, West Virginia in McDowell County - where the story of the Rocket Boys all began. We wish Homer Hickam Official Page the happiest of birthdays and continued success in his writings. He has a new book out called "Don't Blow Yourself Up" that you should check...because I did and highly recommend it to go along, of course, with his famed Rocket Boys book. -
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