There are at least FOUR "ROCKETS” which on this story rides.
The first ”ROCKET’ in this story is “The Texas Rocket”
diesel/electric train which the Boy Scout Troop rode between Denver and Chicago.
The second “ROCKET” is the rebellious TEENAGE PERSONALITY
ROCKET of the narrator whose father hopes that Boy Scouting "keeps him on the rails."
The third “ROCKET” is the BOY SCOUT LEADERSHIP of the 60s;
WWII vets, men of pride and duty, “Mad Men” who stoked their in-built Patriotism
for pre-Vietnam militarism.
The fourth “ROCKET” is the BOY SCOUT CONFEDERACY and SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS themselves which rode AMERICA’S CULTURAL RAILS after the Jamboree in 1964.
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