Bibliograph

Don't blow yourself up, the further true adventures and travails of the rocket boy of October sky, Homer Hickam

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Don't blow yourself up, the further true adventures and travails of the rocket boy of October sky, Homer Hickam

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Don't blow yourself up

Oclc number

1257020665

Responsibility statement

Homer Hickam

Sub title

the further true adventures and travails of the rocket boy of October sky

Summary

In his latest memoir, Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest, baddest game cannon, fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam, became a scuba instructor, discovered sunken U-boats, wrote the definitive account of a World War II naval battle, befriended Tom Clancy, made a desperate attempt to save the passengers of a sunken river boat, trained the first Japanese astronauts, taught David Letterman to scuba dive, helped to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, wrote his number one bestselling Rocket Boys, and was on set during the making of October Sky. Although told with humor and wit, Hickam does not shy away from the pain and hardship endured and the mistakes he made during the tumultuous decades since his life in the town he made famous&;Coalwood, West Virginia

Target audience

adult

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