Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator

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Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator
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the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator
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Homer Hickam
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Carrying Albert home
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a novel
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Language
eng
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
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
FMG
Dewey number
813/.54
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illustrations
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no index present
LC call number
PS3558.I224
LC item number
C37 2015
Literary form
fiction

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