The Waltons drama series about John and Olivia Walton; their ageing parents Zeb and Esther and their seven children in 1930s and lsquo;40s America was a successful show for CBS TV throughout the 1970s. In 2008 - perhaps significantly - the first six series of the show have for the first time been released on dvd. This is classic television with contemporary relevance; still running on Hallmark channel and remembered with reverence by a generation. The Waltons was on tv screens through a socially and politically volatile period; when Nixon-era America was confronting the impending withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. The show; Mike Chopra-Gant demonstrates in this fascinating book; expressed a wider nostalgic desire in its audience to return to traditional conservatism and paternalistic family values at this time of political crisis. He examines its deployment of key myths; and its vision of family as against current tv depictions; featuring the likes of the Addams; the Simpsons; and the Sopranos. He also explores its powerful representation of three generations of men and of the Walton familyrsquo;s strong women; who are nevertheless domestic heroines.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I well remember the 1974 and 1989 tornados.By BobnaumannI always enjoy Kellys columns in AL.com. As a research journalists; she delves into fascinating things in Alabama that I never new about. So when I saw that she had written a book about Alabama tornados; I was most anxious to see what she had to say about them; especially since I lived through the 1974 and 1989 tornados that struck near Huntsville. She did not disappoint. Her accounts of personal experiences of people affected by the storms were gripping as well was the descriptions of the storm damage.It is really too bad she did not wait a year before writing this book. The 2011 tornado outbreak was the worst ever and would have given her even more material. I was especially struck by the plight of the poor people in northwest Jefferson County that were devastated by the three tornados she described; only to be hit again in 2011. Maybe she will write a sequel.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Badly organized and edited.By L. SwinkBadly organized and edited. Information for each tornado was spread willy-nilly throughout the book The content was interesting; but the effect was that the reader gets the same information two or more times in other chapters. Not a compelling read.My thought: Should have been told chronologically with scientific facts; pictures and historical anecdotes for each tornado.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It brought back memoriesBy Cynthia M. EarnestHaving experienced the Super Outbreak of 1974 as well as the storms of 1998 and 2011; I found myself reliving those events. I wish the book could have been longer and more detailed.
