Homer Hickam is the author of many books including the acclaimed memoir Rocket Boys that was made into the film October Sky. His awards for writing are many and include the University of Alabama's Clarence Cason Award and Shepherd University's Appalachian Heritage Author's Award. His latest novel (October 2015) is Carrying Albert Home, the Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator. It is published by William Morrow/HarperCollins. Homer and his wife and their cats share their time between homes in Huntsville, Alabama and St. John of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Rocket Boys
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The Coalwood Way
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Sky of Stone: A Memoir
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Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Woman, a Husband, and her Alligator
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Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942 (Bluejacket Books)
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We Are Not Afraid: Strength and Courage from the Town That Inspired the #1 Bestseller and Award-Winning Movie "October Sky"
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The Keeper's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels (Paperback))
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The Ambassador's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels)
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The Far Reaches
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The Dinosaur Hunter
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Crater
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Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company
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Crescent
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Red Helmet
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Back to the Moon: A Novel
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Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky
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My Dream of Stars
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Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)
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Paco: The cat who meowed in space
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From Rocket Boys to October Sky: How the Classic Memoir Rocket Boys Was Written and the Hit Movie October Sky Was Made
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Legends of the Mountain State 3
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