The Resource Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator, Homer Hickam
Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator, Homer Hickam
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The item Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator, Homer Hickam represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 398 pages
- Note
-
- "This book is a work of fiction"--verso
- "The long-awaited prequel to the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys"-- dust jacket
- Isbn
- 9780062325891
- Label
- Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator
- Title
- Carrying Albert home
- Title remainder
- the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator
- Statement of responsibility
- Homer Hickam
- Subject
-
- trueWest Virginia
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Man-woman relationships
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueMarried people
- trueMen/women relations
- Road fiction
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueWedding presents
- West Virginia
- West Virginia -- Fiction
- trueWild animals as pets
- trueAlligators
- Alligators as pets
- Alligators as pets -- Fiction
- Automobile travel
- Automobile travel -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Coal miners
- trueCoal miners
- Coal miners -- Fiction
- trueDancers
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueFlorida
- Florida
- Florida -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Husband and wife
- 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
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10440386
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hickam, Homer H.
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3558.I224
- LC item number
- C37 2015
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hickam, Homer H.
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Man-woman relationships
- Husband and wife
- Alligators as pets
- Automobile travel
- Coal miners
- Florida
- West Virginia
- Man-woman relationships
- Husband and wife
- Alligators as pets
- Automobile travel
- Coal miners
- Florida
- West Virginia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the somewhat true story of a woman, a husband, and her alligator
- Label
- Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator, Homer Hickam
- Note
-
- "This book is a work of fiction"--verso
- "The long-awaited prequel to the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys"-- dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 398 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062325891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)922982152
- Label
- Carrying Albert home : the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator, Homer Hickam
- Note
-
- "This book is a work of fiction"--verso
- "The long-awaited prequel to the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys"-- dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 398 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062325891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)922982152
Subject
- trueWest Virginia
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Man-woman relationships
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueMarried people
- trueMen/women relations
- Road fiction
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueWedding presents
- West Virginia
- West Virginia -- Fiction
- trueWild animals as pets
- trueAlligators
- Alligators as pets
- Alligators as pets -- Fiction
- Automobile travel
- Automobile travel -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Coal miners
- trueCoal miners
- Coal miners -- Fiction
- trueDancers
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueFlorida
- Florida
- Florida -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Husband and wife
Genre
- Biographical fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Love stories
- Road fiction
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