The First Beverly Hillbilly

A warm and funny memoir written from a Midwestern perspective, Ruth Henning shares the story of her husband Paul’s rise from a scriptwriter on some of Kansas City’s earliest radio shows to the genius behind America’s beloved rural TV sitcoms and their lives together as part of Hollywood’s golden inner circle. A talented country boy who was once given career advice by his neighbor Harry S Truman, Paul created one of the highest rated TV series of all time – “The Beverly Hillbillies.” He wrote the