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Homer Hickam was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. He is the author of The #1 New York Times best-seller October Sky, Torpedo Junction, Back to the Moon, The Coalwood Way, Sky of Stone, and We Are Not Afraid. He has also written for numerous magazines about a variety of subjects. Mr. Hickam lives with his wife Linda and their four cats in Huntsville, Alabama. For more information, please see http://www.homerhickam.com.
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We Are Not Afraid
Today, fear may be affecting even the strongest of us. Sometimes it's immediate, caused by a sense of imminent danger-the kind we felt after terrorists destroyed the magnificent World Trade Center, tore a giant wound in the Pentagon and killed thousands of people. But sometimes fear can be enduring and become a normal way of life.
Homer Hickam's Summer Reading List
Flashman and the Dragon
by George MacDonald Fraser
Actually, I'm reading the entire "Flashman" series of novels one by one. Flashman is the despicable "hero" of these tales who, while being an utter cad, manages to save the British Empire (and making me laugh while he does it)! I find Fraser's series not only fun to read but educational.
Ocracoke Odyssey: A Naturalist's Reflections on Her Home by the Sea
by Pat Garber
Although I picked up this memoir as research for a book I'm writing about the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the parts of it I've already read reveals it to be a delightful wonder of purely good writing.
Mark Twain: Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims and Other Speeches
edited by Charles Neider
Since I do a lot of public speaking, I like to go back occasionally and read from one of the masters of the craft.
Grant
by Jean Edward Smith
The definitive work about the great Union General who became a stumbling, though well-meaning president.
Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories
by Charles Harry Whedbee
Part of my book research but I've read other books by Judge Whedbee and am confident I will enjoy more of his delightful tales of ghostly hauntings and mysterious happenings down Cape Hatteras way.
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