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The Coalwood way / Homer Hickam.

Summary:

This sequel to Rocket Boys (1998), which Hollywood parlayed into the movie October Sky, continues the author's life story with his senior year in high school, 1959, in the declining West Virginia mining town of Coalwood. This memoir's main theme is the happenings in Coalwood and how they affect the Hickam household.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385335164
  • ISBN: 9780385335164
  • Physical Description: 318 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 17 55935.
Subject:
Hickam, Homer H., 1943- > Homes and haunts > West Virginia.
Hickam, Homer H., 1943- > Childhood and youth.
Hickam, Homer H., 1943-
Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography.
Aerospace engineers > United States > Biography.
Christmas > West Virginia.
West Virginia > Intellectual life > 20th century.
West Virginia > Social life and customs.
Genre:
Fiction.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 21 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albemarle Main Library FIC Hickam (Text) 101091000546795 Adult Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library B HICKAM (Text) 40599000359110 Adult Biography Available -
Boonville Community Public Library B HICKAM (Text) 30005100031965 Adult Biography Checked out 07/14/2026
Cleveland County Main Library B HICKAM (Text) 22281500088366 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Eden Library B Hickam (Text) 31554006379308 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hamlet Public Library B HICKMAN (Text) 58198000084205 Adult Biography Available -
Jacksonville Main Library BIO HICKAM (Text) 36015000688644 Adult Biography Available -
King Public Library B HICKAM (Text) 40599000359136 Adult Biography Available -
Leath Memorial Library B HICKAM (Text) 58198000779739 Adult Biography Available -
Lenoir Library B HICKAM Homer Hi (Text) 50669012667144 Adult Biography Available -