Audio only
Carrying Albert Home
The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her AlligatorBy Homer HickamNarrated by Adam VernerLength10h 39m
About this audiobook
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 New York Times bestselling 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 1,000-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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (10.2K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length10 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byAdam Verner
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 13, 2015
LanguageEnglish
More from Homer Hickam
Ethic IIAshley Antoinette9h 1m4.7 (8K)$20
RiversnowTess Thompson8h 11m4.7 (1.3K)$20
Supreme ClienteleAshley & JaQuavis8h 58m4.7 (3.4K)$20
Body Refinement in a Beast Tamer’s World, Book 1Seth Ring14h 7m4.7 (1.3K)$27
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (669)$28 · $0.00
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m4.8 (395)$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m4.7 (726)$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m4.7 (1.2K)$35
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m4.7 (3.8K)$20
BAEJahquel J.5h 22m4.7 (3.1K)$20
Dark RisingJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 47m4.7 (1.3K)$27
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m4.7 (2.4K)$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m4.6 (3.6K)$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m4.7 (1.2K)$17
Bikes, Toys, and Hot BoyzGenesis Woods, Shantaé13h 9m4.7 (722)$23
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
Ghetto BastardK’wan7h 37m4.6 (2.9K)$20
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
You may also like
The Building of JalnaMazo de la Roche12h 38m4.1 (2.1K)$1.70 · $0.00
God and Mr. GomezJack Smith6h 55m4.1 (302)$17 · $0.00
A Daughter of the SnowsJack London8h 23m3.5 (1.2K)$1 · $0.00
A Daughter of the SnowsJack London9h 43m3.6 (2K)$2.30
Wilderness, A Journal of Quiet Adventure in AlaskaRockwell Kent5h 11m4.1 (667)$2 · $0.00
The Explorer's GeneAlex Hutchinson9h 26m3.9 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
Three Days on a River in a Red CanoeVera B. Williams13m4.2 (569)$4 · $0.00
Old GloryJonathan Raban18h 47m4.1 (1.9K)$30 · $0.00
Tomorrow I’m DeadBūn Yom4h 49m4.2 (378)$20
A Runner’s HighDean Karnazes7h 7m4.1 (4.6K)$24 · $0.00
Memory RoadSarah Edghill5h 39m4.2 (289)$15 · $0.00
The AdventurersErnest Haycox11h 54m4.0 (32)$2 · $0.00
20 American Adventure ClassicsJack London, Herman Melville, Zane Grey, John Wesley Powell, James Fenimore Cooper, Joshua Slocum, Robert Montgomery Bird, Oliver Optic, Mark Twain, Mary Mapes Dodge, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Clarence King, Richard Henry Dana, Henry David Thoreau, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sarah H. Bradford, Theodore Winthrop, T. C. Harbaugh, Dillon Wallace334h 46m4.5 (12)$1.99
The Far and Furry NorthRev. Alfred Campbell Garrioch7h 15m$2 · $0.00
Casey RyanB. M. Bower6h 25m3.9 (219)$2.30
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 (Annotated)Ellen Clacy6h 2m4.5 (12)$2 · $0.00
The Isle of RetributionEdison Marshall9h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Emigrant TrailGeraldine Bonner12h 55m3.8 (17)$2.30
The Mate of the Good Ship York; Or, The Ship's AdventureWilliam Clark Russell8h$2 · $0.00
Olivia in IndiaO. Douglas3h 24m3.9 (359)$2 · $0.00