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John-Boy becomes a publisher, Mary Ellen becomes a bride, old friends return, new friends arrive, and the family bedrock of love endures in the fifth season of this classic series.



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Earl Hamner Jr.

Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (born July 10, 1923 in Schuyler, Virginia) , was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner) , best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. 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 same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voiceover narration.



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