Rocket Boys
A memoir recounting the author's teenage years in a West Virginia coal-mining town during the late 1950s, where he and his friends formed a rocket-building club inspired by the dawn of the space age. It details their experiments, family tensions, and pursuit of science against the backdrop of a community tied to the mines.
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Mentioned 1× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 1 episode, most recently on Jan 10, 2024.
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