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03392aim a2200577Ki 4500 001 E0622ECA9D7B11E58D49F99EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161106150817 007 sd fungnnmmneu 008 150904t20152015orunnnng f n eng d 020 $a 150464512X 020 $a 9781504645126 020 $a 9781504645119 020 $a 1504645111 028 02 $a ZPbn8i $b Blackstone Audiobooks 035 $a (OCoLC)919966524 040 $a BLACP $b eng $e rda $c BLACP $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d BLACP $d OCLCO $d VHB $d JIM $d SILO 043 $a n-us-wv $a n-us-wv 050 4 $a PS3558.I224 $b C37 2015ab 072 7 $a FIC $x 019000 $2 bisacsh 072 7 $a FIC $x 045000 $2 bisacsh 072 7 $a FIC $x 008000 $2 bisacsh 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Hickam, Homer H., $d 1943- $e author. 245 10 $a Carrying Albert home : $b the somewhat true story of a man, his wife, and her alligator (sound recording) / $c Homer H. Hickam. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [Ashland, Oregon] : $b Blackstone Audio, Inc., $c [2015] 300 $a 9 audio discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : $b CD audio, digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 103000 511 0 $a Read by Adam Verner. 500 $a Compact discs. 520 $a Big fish meets The notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys-the basis of the movie October Sky. 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 1000-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. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Husband and wife $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Alligators as pets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Automobile travel $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Coal miners $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Florida $v Fiction. 651 0 $a West Virginia $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Sagas $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Road fiction. $2 gsafd 700 1 $a Verner, Adam, $e narrator. 941 $a 2 945 $a cdab 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409023517.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119013534.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E0622ECA9D7B11E58D49F99EDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search