Mary McDonough came down from Walton’s mountain to write her lessons in a memoir for the masses. Lessons From the Mountain: What I Learned From Erin Walton describes the life and times of the actress over the years on the number one television show of its time.

Jerry Nunn: Hi, Mary. I read your book last night.

Mary McDonough: Good, It’s an easy read then.

JN: Are you from New York?

MM: I am not. I have lived there for a time but I am a born and raised valley girl. I grew up a tiny town that I talk about in the book called Northridge, where the earthquake was. We were totally valley.

JN: Would you compare The Walton’s to Little House on the Prairie?
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