"Whittlin' and Fiddlin' My Own Way" reflects nearly a century of experiences through the eyes of Silver Dollar City personality Violet Hensley. The Arkansas Living Treasure Award winner from Yellville, Arkansas learned to fiddle in 1928 and make fiddles watching her father George W. Brumley in the community of Alamo, Arkansas in 1932. She raised a family of nine with her late husband Adren Hensley while he moved the family from town to town and state to state. With the advent of the folk music revival, Violet's blossoming musical and fiddle-making talents, caught the attention of Grammy (r)...

Encouragers II: Walking with the Masters includes 49 stories and 143 photos highlighting entertainers, actors, and everyday folks who shared their light with former network star, entertainer, and columnist Randall Franks. The Independent Country Music Hall of Fame member and International Bluegrass Music Museum Legend is best known for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night." In this second of a three-volume series, Franks highlights the encouraging nature of the people who inspired him, such as Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff; American icons Roy Rogers, Carroll...

"A Mountain Pearl" follows the adventures of a young, Appalachian girl as she grows up in the secluded valley below the Gravelly Spur Mountain during the Great Depression. She and her family and friends experience the ups and downs of pioneer life in a beautiful valley almost forgotten by time. The stories were inspired by Pearl Franks - late mother of Hall of Fame music legend and actor Randall Franks, who played "Officer Randy Goode" on the television series "In the Heat of the Night." Illustrated by award-winning artist Cathy Cooksey, the collection includes 39 authentic mountain recipes...

Stirring Up Additional Success with a Southern Flavor is a collection of over 300 recipes from 70 of some of the South's favorite personalities, politicians, performers from television, movies, country, bluegrass and Southern gospel music, as well as members and supporters of the Catoosa Citizens for Literacy and students of the Catoosa County's Shirley Smith Learning Center located just outside Ringgold, Ga. Hungry neighbors can pull themselves up to the table and get a taste of Tim McGraw's Chicken and Dumplings; then add a heapin' helpin' of Donna Douglas' meatballs (Elly Mae Clampett of...

Stirring Up Additional Success with a Southern Flavor is a brand new collection of over 200 recipes from more than 100 of the South's favorite personalities, politicians, performers from television, movies, country, bluegrass and Southern gospel music, as well as members and supporters of the Catoosa Citizens for Literacy and students of the Catoosa County's Shirley Smith Learning Center located just outside Ringgold, Ga. Hungry neighbors can pull themselves up to the table and get a taste of Tim McGraw's Chicken and Dumplings; then "Hawkeye" from M*A*S*H); have a shapely slice of Barbara...

Seeking to inspire the Encourager in each of us. Encouragers III: A Guiding Hand includes 58 stories and 179 photos highlighting entertainers, actors and everyday folks who shared their light with former network star, entertainer and columnist Randall Franks. The Independent Country Music Hall of Fame member and International Bluegrass Music Museum Legend is best known for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night." In this third of a three-volume series, Franks highlights the encouraging nature of the people who inspired his life, such as "Star Trek" luminary...

Former NBC and CBS star Randall Franks, best known for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" on TV's "In the Heat of the Night" and as a country music personality, combines his love of murder mysteries and music in "A Badge or an Old Guitar." Big-hearted small-town police officer James Randall from McKinney, Georgia, finds his job in peril when Chief Roy Wilkes is forced to suspend him after he protects an abused boy from his malicious father. While contemplating his circumstance, a country song he records, "Is There More to Life Than This," opens an unlikely pathway to stardom; but even that...