Carrying Albert home / Homer Hickam.
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TextPublisher: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 398 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of illustrations : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780008154219Subject(s): Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Spouses -- Fiction | Alligators as pets -- Fiction | Automobile travel -- Fiction | Coal miners -- Fiction | Florida -- Fiction | West Virginia -- FictionGenre/Form: Road fiction. | Romance fiction. | Humorous fiction. | Biographical fiction. DDC classification: 813.54 Summary: Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam Sr. (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. This is the funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1000-mile adventure.
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"The somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator" -- Cover.
Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam Sr. (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. This is the funny, sweet, and sometimes tragic tale of a young couple and a special alligator on a crazy 1000-mile adventure.
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