Bruce -
In many ways, Hickam's second memoir about life in Coalwood is better than the one that inspired the film "October Sky". Naturally, rocket building is a big part of Hickam's life but he spends less time on rockets here than he did in "Rocket Boys" and more time on the town and it's residents. Hickam manages to grab the reader and throw him/her into the middle of a late 1950's coal-mining town. If you've never been to Coalwood, WV your missing out on a piece of Americana.
