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DELIGHTFUL STORIES, VALUABLE LESSONS, WRY WISDOM, WINNING STORYTELLING, INSPIRING

...delightful stories of growing up in that rich farm land between legendary Reelfoot Lake and the Tennessee River...

Herron draws valuable lessons from loving parents and a caring community....

The result is wry wisdom and some winning storytelling. You don't have to have grown up in the confines of a small town or even in West Tennessee to enjoy these stories. You'll just wish that you had.

Herron's stories not only impart important lessons but invite readers to recall some of their own adventures and perhaps pass them along. If good storytelling is meant to inspire, Herron passes that test....

-- The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 10/03/99,
review by Ellen Dahnke titled "Son of the South."

DELIGHTFUL, HUMOROUS, PROFOUND

Herron's writing is delightful, humorous and often profound. He conveys to the reader his convictions about duty and honor as well as faith in family relationships and the religious traditions with which he was raised.

Debuting at a time when character education is on the minds of all parents, this book has a ready-made niche.

-- Chattanooga Times-Chattanooga Free Press, 08/22/99,
E6, review by book editor Karin Glendenning.

A PLEASURE TO READ!

What a pleasure to read this book!

I read five to seven books a week, but when I picked up this book I read it, literally, uninterrupted.

An excellent book it is!

I commend the book to your attention.

I don't commend a book, listeners, unless it's worth your while. I'm so impressed. This is his first book. I hope there are more to come.

-- WXBQ, Kingsport, Tennessee, John Quaintance, 09/07/99.

A GREAT BOOK

This is one book I really do recommend.

This is a great book.

A book about family...about values.

I really do think you'll enjoy it.

--WATE-TV (Channel 6), Knoxville, Tennessee, Rachelle Kennedy, 09/10/99 .

EXTREMELY TOUCHING

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I haven't wanted to put it down. I just teared up....It's extremely touching.

--WJZM, Clarksville, Tennessee, C. C. Carmack, 09/14/99.

A GREAT BOOK, INSPIRATIONAL, MAKES YOU FELL GOOD

This is a book that makes you feel good....

...a great book.

It'll be inspirational to any who read it.

--KPAY-AM 1290 Newstalk, Chico, California, Bruce Sessions, 09/20/99.

GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, STORIES REFLECTING FAITH

Herron's faith in God is an inherent part of him; there is no part of his collection of memories which does not, in some way, reflect, that faith. God, country, family--those are the stories which he holds dear, and which he has tried to pass on to people who care. Public service aside, "Things Held Dear" may be his greatest legacy.

--Cookeville's Herald-Citizen, 09/05/99, C1-2,
article by Cindie Miller entitled "Family: A Legacy."

A WONDERFUL BOOK THAT BRINGS TEARS

This book made me cry. He tells it like it is and that's what brings tears....This is a wonderful book...by a writer who obviously is a spiritual man.

--WREC-AM 600, Memphis, Tennessee, Michelle Buckalew, "The Book Gallery," 08/29/99.

A GOOD READ, PLEASURE AND INSIGHT AWAITING READERS

Herron's growing-up-Southern book is a good read.

The blurb, if anything, understates the pleasure and insight awaiting readers who devote a couple of hours to the 140-page memoir...

To tell the truth, I've read great chunks of the book twice just to make sure Herron's tone is as reassuring as I remembered. His voice is not the usual self-glorifying and self-congratulating attitude that memoirs too often slyly but surely take. . . .

We'd all be lucky to have a writer of Herron's temperament to record our memories of our mothers and other family members, even our family histories, and the inconsistent and sometimes contradictory values of our formative years. Wherever we grew up, we carry a rich sense of that place through our lives. Herron has captured a sense of West Tennessee as well as anyone.

--TennesseeTown & City, February 28, 2000, p. 5.