Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam was an American military flight engineer, novelist, autobiographer, writer and screenwriter (born 1943). He was born at Coalwood.

Also recorded as Homer Hadley Hickam, Jr.; Homer Hickam, Jr.; Homer Hadley Hickam; Homer H. Hickam.

Homer Hickam in brief

Born
1943
Known for
military flight engineer,novelist,autobiographer,writer,screenwriter,soldier,coal miner
Place of birth
Coalwood

Overview

Born at Coalwood in 1943.

Formation and teaching

Homer Hickam studied at Virginia Tech and Big Creek High School. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Letters.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 6: Rocket Boys, Back to the Moon, The Coalwood Way, The Far Reaches, Sky of Stone and Torpedo Junction.

Catalogued works

20 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Rocket Boys. Back to the Moon. Sky of Stone. The Far Reaches. The Coalwood Way. Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company. Crater. Crescent. Albert vuelve a casa. Albert muss nach Hause. Keeper's Son. Ambassador's Son. Dinosaur Hunter. Far Reaches. Cielo de Octubre (Rocket Boys). Red Helmet. We Are Not Afraid. Don't Blow Yourself Up. Carrying Albert Home. Crater Helium3 Novel.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Drainage Canal Survey, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 1993. Hickam Air Force Base Fuel Cell Vehicles: Early Implementation Experience, 2007. Fuel System Rehab at Pearl Harbor-Hickam, CoatingsPro, 2020.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Homer Hickam studied at Virginia Tech and Big Creek High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literature, industrial engineering and aviation.

Works named in the authority record are Rocket Boys, Back to the Moon, The Coalwood Way, The Far Reaches, Sky of Stone and Torpedo Junction.

Distinctions recorded are Bronze Star Medal.

Chronology

  1. 1943Homer Hickam born at Coalwood.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Drainage Canal Survey, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 1993

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Fuel System Rehab at Pearl Harbor-Hickam, CoatingsPro, 2020

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  • scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Hickam Air Force Base Fuel Cell Vehicles: Early Implementation Experience, 2007

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  • Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

    Open Library author record for Homer Hickam (Internet Archive), 19 catalogued works.

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1626025: Homer Hickam

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Homer Hickam”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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