Earl Hamner
Subtitle: From Walton's Mountain To Tomorrow
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Published: July 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781581824551
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Television producers and directors; Blue Ridge Mountains Region; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Literary; Biography; United States; Television - Screenwriting; 20th century; Authors, American; Rural families
Description: Earl Hamner is one of America's best-loved storytellers but he has never been the subject of a full-length study. A pervasive theme runs throughout Hamner's works and that is of a man forever taking a backward glance at his roots for direction in the way of what makes life worthwhile. His vision of what makes for a whole life permeates all of his work. It is present in the novel "Spencer Mountain" upon which "The Waltons" is loosely based and in his screenplays, such as the work he is most proud of "Charlotte's Web". It is even present in such unlikely places as the eight scripts he contributed to the classic television series "The Twilight Zone" and in the tales of cold-blooded betrayal and boundless ambition depicted on "Falcon Crest". The readers of this book will discover a delightful individual who has enjoyed a long, accomplished career as a storyteller, labouring for a worthy goal.