Question: What based-selling memoir, turned into a movie starting Roy Lee Cooke, took place in unincorporated community coal town in McDowell Country, West Virginia?
Context: Hot Coal or Hotcoal was an unincorporated community and coal town located along the Winding Gulf Creek in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.  Originally, it was named Patterson and later acquired the name Hot Coal.  It was the next community past Big Stick on County Route 3/2.  Despite the fact that the community now no longer exists, the Winding Gulf Bank, now the National Bank at Beckley, resided at Hot Coal and was moved to Beckley on January 1, 1914.  Hot Coal at one time had a Post Office Fireco is an unincorporated community coal town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.  It lies in the Winding Gulf Coalfield of the southern part of the state.  The name Fireco denotes the amount of heat the specific coal mined there could produce.  This name was once a common descriptor. Coalwood is an unincorporated community coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.  The coal mine in Coalwood reached its peak in the 1960s and finally shut down production on October 1, 1982.  As of the 1990 Census - the last time the town was counted separately - , the population was 900.  The town is the setting of the best-selling memoir "October Sky" by Homer Hickam and the movie based on the book. Elbert is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.  Founded as a coal town, the community is now part of the City of Gary after its post office closed.  Elbert was an independent community and was incorporated into Gary, West Virginia in 1971. Norton is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.  Norton is 6.5 mi west of Elkins, at the junction of County Route 151 and Corridor H.  Norton had a post office, which closed on November 12, 2011.  It is a former coal town operated by the West Virginia Coal and Coke Company from the early 1900s until the late 1950s.  Besides the mine, the town was once home to a company store, a company bank, and the Norton Grade School.  The denominationally unaffiliated Norton Community Church still serves the town. Whitby is an unincorporated community and coal town in the Winding Gulf Coalfield of southern West Virginia within Raleigh County, United States.  Originally, Whitby was named Stahl.  Before 1919, Bowyer was another accepted town name.  By 1919, the town name of Whitby was being used.  As of 1927, Whitby was the official name used by the United States Post Office.  The post office closed in June 1988.  From 1917 to 1982 Whitby is documented to have mined 8,995,174 tons of coal by the Bowyer Smokeless Coal Company, Sterling Smokeless Coal Company, Smith and Stover Coal Company and the R&F Coal Company. Dott is an unincorporated community and coal town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.  Dott is 3.1 mi northwest of Matoaka.  1 mi north of Springton Dott was commonly known by "Turkey Gap Consolidated Coal Company " which was part of Dott Coal town Nellis is an unincorporated community coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States on Brush Creek.  The Nellis Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.  Nellis was named by mine owners Matthew Slush and T.E.B. Siler after Frank E. Nellis, editor of the "Mount Clemens Independent" in Michigan. Jenkinjones is an unincorporated community and coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.  It lies on the western flanks of Stone Ridge near the border with Tazewell County, Virginia. Roy Lee Cooke (born December 25, 1941) is an American who was a founding member of the Big Creek Missile Agency and one of the original Rocket Boys.  His character in the Universal Pictures film "October Sky" was played by William Lee Scott.  He is the son of Wiley Clay Cooke and Carrie Austin Cooke of Coalwood, in McDowell County, West Virginia.
Answer: October Sky