Spencer’s Mountain

By: Earl Hamner

Narrated by: Milton Bagby

High up on a mountain, young Clay-Boy Spencer joins his father and eight uncles to hunt the mythical white deer. What he finds on the mountainside changes his life - and marks him for a special destiny. Years later, Clay-Boy is the first in his family to get the chance to go to college; but success as an adult is much more complicated and bittersweet than the legendary success of Clay-Boy’s childhood quest.

A heartwarming novel of love, family, and hope, Spencer’s Mountain inspired the popular television show The Waltons, which starred Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, and Michael Learned, and ran for nine years between 1972 and 1981. More than 50 years after its publication, this novel still has the power to inspire and move listeners all over the world.

©1961 renewed 1989 by Earl Hamner (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Earl Hamner has a gift

a must if you're a Waltons fan. listened every night. loved his storytelling. Makes me happy

It’s not the Waltons but that’s ok. It’s not supposed to be.

If you’re expecting John Boy, Mary Ellen, Elizabeth et al, you might be disappointed. This is the original. You’ll probably enjoy it a lot more if you don’t have the images from the television show in your mind. Just let the story unfold the way the author intended. Some of the characters are similar to those in the television show but they’re not the same characters.
It’s the story of a family but it centers around Clay Boy (not John Boy) and his experiences from late childhood to early adulthood. It’s well worth the listen.

Good Story

Nicely read. Great story,I loved The Waltons as a kid and this book is a nice memory!

SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN

This is an awesome story... a lot of good listening with an amazing narrator! This Is The Waltons. The same writer with different names given to them.

Back to the roots

I have always been a fan of the Waltons and got curious about the book that started it all. I was not disappointed , except when it ended. I wanted much more.