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His awards for writing are many and include the university of alabamas clarence cason award and shepherd universitys. Song realizes its up to her to put on the red helmet of the new coal miner and descend into the deep darkness. He is also the author of the bestselling the keepers son and many other books including the coalwood way and sky of stone. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Buy a cheap copy of red helmet book by homer hickam. The homer hickam family recently endowed the red helmethomer hickam, sr.
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