The Avocado Drive Zoo: At Home with My Family and the Creatures We've Loved

by Earl Hamner Jr.

Book Overview

THE AVOCADO DRIVE ZOO is a warm and personal, yet humorous, recounting of how the members of the Hamner family have lived with and loved the animals in their lives. By the time they moved to Hollywood... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581820208
• ISBN13: 9781581820201
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books!

The Avocado Drive Zoo is a wonderful book about Earl Hamner and his family, including the many animals in their lives. As an avid fan of "The Waltons", which was inspired by Hamner, I could almost imagine "John Boy" reading it to me. This is definitely a book animal lovers will enjoy reading.

A heart warming story from a true animal lover.

As an animal lover I could relate to many of his pets. It is a book that would be enjoyed my many age groups.

The book tells us what happen to Johnboy after he went to NY

Everyone who admires and loves Earl Hamner, will love this book. It is a real good insight to his life after he leaves the Mountain for New York City and then on to Hollywood California. Being an animal lover myself, I just love his stories about the different living animals that where in their lives. It starts with his meeting Jane and it is their love of animals from there on in. How they both taught their children the same love. Also He made the family of both seem so real I felt I knew them. The humor was quite effective and I found myself laughing out loud. Quite different from his other books. I know any fans of Earl Hamner will just adore this book. I am sure everyone will want to pass it on and after reading it, they will want to search him out and have there own copy signed by Earl. You can find him in Schuyler Virginia at the Museum for "The Waltons' Series" check the web site www.the-waltons.com Most Sincerely and with Love Dorothy Phillips

Loved the Book

I am an animal lover and will probably give this book to my mother for Mothers Day. Mr. Hamner really knows how to tell a story.

A charming story of a family and their personal "Zoo"

With this book, Earl Hamner proves that he can write as entertainingly about his adult life as he has written in the past about his childhood. Hamner's life in Hollywood is a "howl" and I do mean "howl." Read it and you'll see!

Very entertaining, and quite original!

Mr. Hamner writes about his family and their love of animals in a way that is entertaining and heartwarming. It is hard to imagine that the setting for this book is the great urban sprawl of Los Angeles. Mr. Hamners way with words is also a big plus. I hope that you look it up in your bookstore or library, as I believe you will enjoy reading "The Avocodo Drive Zoo."