| The Waltons
is based on characters that Earl Hamner Jr. first wrote about in his novel 'Spencer's Mountain'. That novel was made into a movie in 1963. Then in 1971 The Christmas special "The Homecoming" made it's debut on TV which was then turned into the series The Waltons. |
| Fueled by the success of The Waltons, these books were reformatted into Books on Tape as read by Richard (John-Boy) Thomas. |
| In addition a number of paperbacks were then released . A novelization of "The Easter Story" as well as an original story titled "Trouble on the Mountain" were penned by author Robert Weverka. |
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| In 1975 the Western Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin released 6 Walton stories aimed at an adolescent market. As was the fashion of the TV series the books included a prologue and epilogue by 'John-Boy' speaking as a man. The covers were llustrated by Maxine McCaffrey. |
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