Title: A Delightful Study of Earl Hamner's Writings
Review: Although I have been extremely fond of the Walton's since The Homecoming in 1971, it had never occurred to me to think of Earl Hamner as a prominent Southern writer in the way that I think of Robert Penn Warren, Thomas Wolfe, Eudora Welty and others. Perhaps it was because he wrote for television. This book changed that notion. James Person goes behind the scenes and gives a compelling interpretation of all of Hamner's writings, how his work evolved, and how he was able to adapt artistic ideas to highly successful prime time television--from the Twilight Zone to the Walton's to Falcon Crest. Discussions of Hamner as a prominent Southern writer and a pillar of American culture are long overdue, and many thanks to James Person for beginning such a conversation.
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