Spencer's Mountain Book Review. The movie is based on a 1961 novel of the same title, by earl hamner jr. Get this from a library!
The book was well written and gave you a lens into life in the virginia mountains during the depression era. Read online or free download in epub, pdf or mobi ebooks. Strolling down the “books for sale” shelves at my local library, (one of my all time favorite past times), i came across this incredible find, “spencer’s mountain” by earl hamner, jr.
Spencer's mountain has generally received positive reviews.
Spencer's mountain is an enjoyable family drama with touches of humor throughout. Published in 1961 the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in fiction, historical books. The names are different, and you get a greater sense of the financial and social challenges facing the family, and there is no radio for the family to gather around after dinner, but it is very much the same story. As a novelist, he was best known for spencer’s mountain, which was inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the