Tells the story of a young couple and their special pet alligator on a crazy 1000 mile journey to return Albert to his home. A testament to that strange and marvelous emotion we call love. The story is based on the relationship of the author's parents during the Great Depression.

The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the U.S. Navy begins the grand strategy of throwing her marines at island after bloody island across the Pacific. But nothing goes as planned as young Americans go up against fanatical defenders, who revel in snipers, big guns, and human wave attacks...

Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.

The true story of Homer Hickam Jr., a high school student in rural West Virginia, who seemed destined to repeat his father's harsh life in the coal mines, until he turned his attention to the skies.

Running a Montana ranch while harboring a secret love for its owner, former homicide detective Mike Wire is approached by a paleontologist who is pursuing a lucrative fossil underneath the ranch, a discovery that attracts ruthless competitors and a brutal murderer.

The author continues the story of his life with an account of the summer of 1961, which marked the end of his first year of college and the beginning of his dreams to leave his hometown of Coalwood behind.

La gran depression ha convertido el sueño americano en una amarga tragedia y es aquí donde empieza la épica Aventura de Elsie y Homer. Un viaje de casi dos mil kilómetros con un caiman en el asiento de atrás y con John Steinbeck de pasajero. "Si recibieras una llamada inesperada para hacer una pelí­cula sobre tu vida, ¿serí­a una pelí­cula cautivadora, llena de riesgo, batalla y victoria? ¿O serí­a una de esas pelí­culas en las que...