THE MULLIGANS
of Mt. Jefferson

by

Don Reid

ISBN: 9781434764942

paperback, 326 pages

David Cook, Publisher

Synopsis

In this compelling tale about three boyhood friends, a small-town murder mystery meets the power of a lifelong bond. Carl, Harlan, and Buddy grew up together and got into all the trouble they could find. After World War II tore them apart, they wondered if their childhood bond would ever be the same. But in 1959, when Harlan finds himself in the hospital with a gunshot wound, it's Buddy and Cal who are at his side, attempting to solve the mystery that put him there. Written by the award-winning songwriter and author Don Reid, The Mulligans of Mt. Jefferson brings readers back to the small Virginian town they loved in O Little Town and reminds them of the beauty of second chances.

Biography

Don Reid, a member of country music’s legendary Statler Brothers, has 3 Grammy awards, 9 CMA awards, 13 gold albums, and 8 platinum albums is a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Country Music Hall of Fame and has also written several books including O Little Town and One Lane Bridge.Reid lives with his wife, Deborah, in Staunton, Virginia.

MY THOUGHTS:

I was so happy when I received this book from Wynn-Wynn Media that I could not wait to start reading it so I did.  Don Reid and his group of singers "The Statler Brothers" was one of my very favorite group and I find his writing is as good as his singing.

This story to me sounded so much like the guys that started the singing group that as I read I could just see each one as that boy.  The little town Mt. Jefferson, Virginia  was where everyone knew each other and Cal, Harlan and Buddy grew up as buddies and stayed that way even after they were married and had families.  One was a policeman, one a pastor, and one ran a jewelry store.

They were always getting into something and they always stood up for each other.  A man that ran a local restaurant everyone called Uncle Vic liked the boys and he started to call them "The Mulligans".

This is such a good story to me that you should pick up a copy and read for yourselves.  I was a teenager in the 1950s just as Don Reid was so it all came home to me.  I really loved the book and thanks so much to Jeane Wynn of Wynn-Wynn Media, LLC for sending me this copy and I really enjoyed reviewing it.