The Homecoming
The Inspiration for the TV series The Waltons
Will be published approx. on 2. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
978-0-7953-5328-4 (ISBN)
Description
A young man searches for his missing father on Christmas Eve in this sequel to Spencer’s Mountain, the novel that inspired The Waltons.
It’s the night before Christmas, but Clay Spencer has failed to return home. Leaving his worried family to keep watch at the homestead, his son, Clay-Boy, takes to the snowy Virginia hills in search of his father. Along the way, he will meet an irate deer, a threatening county sheriff, a congregation of African American churchgoers, and two elderly women who happen to be bootleggers—in this tale filled with warmth, humor, and emotion.
Along with Spencer’s Mountain, The Homecoming was the inspiration for the popular television show The Waltons, which starred Richard Thomas, Andrew Duggan, and Patricia Neal, and ran for nine years between 1972 and 1981. Decades after its original publication, this tale still has the power to move and inspire.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
120 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7953-5328-4 (9780795353284)
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Person
Born in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains, Earl Hamner, Jr., is an award-winning author, screenplay writer, and producer of several well-known teleplays and television series. He got his big break writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, including the popular "You Drive." His most well-known television series is The Waltons, which is based on his bestselling stories Spencer’s Mountain and The Homecoming. Both novels were inspired by his own childhood.