The Coalwood Way
- ISBN-10
- 0440237165
- ISBN-13
- 9780440237167
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Island Books
- Author
- Homer Hickam
Description
Continuing the story of the Rocket Boys of Coalwood, West Virginia, the author recounts his senior year in high school, while the forces of change bring Coalwood to a difficult crossroads and strain threatens to tear apart the Hickam home.
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