Homer Hickam

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Freida Riley - the Coalwood, West Virginia, chemistry and physics teacher who inspired Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys of the movie October Sky.  She died of Hodgkin's Disease at the age of 31.  "To the last, she insisted on teaching even when it was necessary for her students to carry her on a stretcher to her classroom." Artists, People, Homer Hickam, The Rocket Boys, Virginia Hill, Died, Great Movies, Country Roads Take Me Home, Physics Teacher
Freida Riley - the Coalwood, West Virginia, chemistry and physics teacher who inspired Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys of the movie October Sky. She died of Hodgkin's Disease at the age of 31. "To the last, she insisted on teaching even when it was necessary for her students to carry her on a stretcher to her classroom."
Coalwood School in Coalwood, West Virginia. Homer Hickam's hometown. I've actually been here once before with my family, but I really want to go again. Watch the movie October Sky if you're confused. :) Abandoned Houses, Old Houses, Old Building, Mcdowell County, Old Abandoned Buildings, Abandoned Places, Country Roads, Abandoned Buildings, Old Buildings
Coalwood School in Coalwood, West Virginia. Homer Hickam's hometown. I've actually been here once before with my family, but I really want to go again. Watch the movie October Sky if you're confused. :)
Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickam Films, Reading, Worth Reading, Memoirs, Worth, Bestselling Author, Big Creek, Favorite Authors
Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickam
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam, made into the film "October Sky" starring Jake Gyllenhaal. A West Virginia coal mining town, Sputnik, and boys dreams of building rockets. Jake Gyllenhaal, Inspiration, The Incredibles, Hinton, Coal Mining
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Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam, made into the film "October Sky" starring Jake Gyllenhaal. A West Virginia coal mining town, Sputnik, and boys dreams of building rockets.
Homer Hickam Walt Disney, Disneyland, Homer, Huntsville, Vons, Father Figure, Father
Homer Hickam: Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun was a true hero and father figure
Homer Hickam
Ruins of an old junior high school in Coalwood, West Virginia. Abandoned Mansions, Architecture, Ghost Towns, Nature, Caves, High School
Ruins of an old junior high school in Coalwood, West Virginia.
Rocket Boys, the memoir of West Virginian Homer Hickam, Jr. This book inspired the film October Sky. Bellingham, North, Rocket, Thing 1, America Map, Back To The Moon
Rocket Boys
Rocket Boys, the memoir of West Virginian Homer Hickam, Jr. This book inspired the film October Sky.