A true television
classic. The Waltons was based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical
writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America
during the Great Depression. The Walton family, a 1930s mountain clan
living a hardscrabble existence that forces patriarch John Walton to
seek work, far from home, in the city. Oldest son John-Boy (Richard
Thomas) privately dreams of becoming a writer but worries about
disappointing his parents. With inspiring tales of love, hope and spirit, this deeply moving
series goes far
beyond the boundaries of time and place to reach out and touch everyone,
everywhere. |