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Hickam, Homer H.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIC

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

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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015