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04113cam a2200745 i 4500 001 275269BEAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20210503121523 008 151118t20152015nyua 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2015373938 020 $a 9780008154219 020 $a 000815421X 020 $a 0062325892 020 $a 9780062325891 035 $a (OCoLC)922982152 040 $a FMG $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d FMG $d OI6 $d JAO $d WVU $d CDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d TOH $d BDX $d UPZ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCO $d AW3 $d RKWLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d MTB $d FWR $d KK5 $d KE7 $d P@N $d GRR $d LTP $d NZHSD $d IMD $d AL5CW $d LJW $d KPLCP $d KJ5 $d CNWLU $d IOU $d CUO $d TOP $d AUBRN $d ALRCP $d ALLCP $d MVD $d CCP $d WT2 $d NZTPP $d ACCPL $d DCB $d SGR $d SFR $d MVQ $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d FSP $d OCLCQ $d IGA $d LKC $d OCLCO $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d UTP $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d JX9 $d TJC $d OCLCO $d BYV $d MQS $d OCLCO $d LIQ $d OCLCA $d HAS $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us-fl $a n-us-fl 050 00 $a PS3558.I224 $b C37 2015 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 / $c Homer Hickam. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2015] 300 $a xvii, 398 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "This book is a work of fiction"--Title page verso. 500 $a "The long-awaited prequel to the bestselling memoir Rocket Boys"--Jacket. 520 $a 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. 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 1 $a Love $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Family Life. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Sagas. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Alligators as pets. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00805634 650 7 $a Automobile travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00823217 650 7 $a Coal miners. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00865316 650 7 $a Husband and wife. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00964385 650 7 $a Man-woman relationships. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007080 651 7 $a Florida. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205150 651 7 $a West Virginia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205316 650 7 $a Alligators as pets $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Married people $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Voyages and travels $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 0 $a Humorous stories. 655 4 $a Road fiction. 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726640 655 7 $a Humorous fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726649 655 7 $a Road fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Humorous fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 sears 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 sears 700 1 $i Prequel to: $a Hickam, Homer H., $d 1943- $t Rocket boys. 856 4 $u http://www.homerhickam.com 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210525143630.0 $n 15 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=275269BEAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search