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Born in Schuyler, Virginia, to Earl Henry and Doris Marion Gianinni Hamner, Earl Henry Hamner, Jr., was the eldest of eight children--three girls and five boys. The historical circumstances of his bir...
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Critical Essay by Charles Lee
If a novel may be described as an education in people, problems and places, Mr. Hamner has a claim to being a good teacher [with "Fifty Roads to Town"]. Not...
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Critical Essay by Orville Prescott
[The] one thing we don't expect to find on the sidewalks of New York is fantasy, sentimentality and simple goodness. Yet these are the elements to be found in...
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Critical Essay by Martin Levin
"You Can't Get There From Here" … is Joe's punchline. "It's too late." Joe is a radio comedy writer whose profess...
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Critical Essay by John W. Donohue
[The] famous opening sentence of Anna Karenina suggests that happy families aren't particularly interesting. Why, then, has The Waltons done quite well…...
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Earl (Henry) Hamner, Jr.
Critical Essay by Charles Lee
