Carrying Albert Home
A moving tribute to love—and alligators—from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of 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 ...
A moving tribute to love—and alligators—from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of 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 ...
