50 Books Set in the 50 States
50 Books, 50 States: A Literary Map of America
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In this memoir, Homer "Sonny" Hickam Jr. recalls living in a West Virginia coal-mining town. He decides to become a rocket engineer after the Russians successfully launched Sputnik. Rocket Boys, which was renamed October Sky when it was turned in to a movie, presents a nostalgic take on what the Cold War looked like in West Virginia.