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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Hickam, Homer H., 1943-     Subjects     Husband and wife -- Fiction.     Alligators as pets -- Fiction.     Automobile travel -- Fiction.     Coal miners -- Fiction.     Florida -- Fiction.     West Virginia -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hickam, Homer H., 1943-       by title:      Carrying Albert home...       by call number:      FICTION HIC     Search the Web     Hickam, Homer H., 1943-     Husband and wife -- Fiction.     Alligators as pets -- Fiction.     Automobile travel -- Fiction.     Coal miners -- Fiction.     Florida -- Fiction.     West Virginia -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator / Homer Hickam. by Hickam, Homer H., 1943- William Morrow, 2015. Call #: FICTION HIC Subjects Husband and wife -- Fiction.   Alligators as pets -- Fiction.   Automobile travel -- Fiction.   Coal miners -- Fiction.   Florida -- Fiction.   West Virginia -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780062325891 (hc.) 0062325892 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes:  "This book is a work of fiction."--T.p. verso. "The long-awaited prequel to the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys."--Cover. Summary:  "Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie’s dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields, married to Homer. Unfulfilled as a miner’s wife, Elsie was reminded of her carefree days with Buddy every day because of his unusual wedding gift: an alligator named Albert she raised in the only bathroom in the house. When Albert scared Homer by grabbing his pants, he gave Elsie an ultimatum: “Me or that alligator!” After giving it some thought, Elsie concluded there was only one thing to do: Carry Albert home. Carrying Albert Home is the funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1,000-mile adventure. Told with the warmth and down-home charm that made Rocket Boys a beloved bestseller, Homer Hickam’s rollicking tale is ultimately a testament to that strange and marvelous emotion we inadequately call love."--From publisher. Genre:  Love stories. Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Road fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION HIC Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION HIC Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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