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Betty Perkins White is a great-grandmother and is the fifth generation from Reeds Spring. She writes from personal experience and knowledge and information from numerous history books about the area. She brings the history of the early 1900’s to life in the form of a novel using her grandparents as the main characters.

ENDORSEMENTS
Betty, it is with the same strength and determination that you exhibited when you played the tuba—and marched carrying it in our Reeds Spring High School Band in 1950’s — that you share in “Growing Up Hillbilly” You have remembered your Perkins and Fly families well. They were, and are, important as well as prolific examples of Ozarkism.
– R Layne Morrill
This book brings so many feelings to the surface in me, feelings of faith, family, hard work and determination, friendship and community. I too, grew up in a small country town not unlike Reeds Spring and this book reminds me of my history. Thank you, Betty for the stirring you are creating in us all to revitalize our town and make the ancestry of this area smile down on us for our efforts.

– Kevin Hayward, Mayor of Reed Springs, MO

The story of Growing Up Hillbilly near Branson, Missouri takes place less than ten miles from where the book, the Shepherd of The Hills was written and begins during the same year as it was published. This book will further enhance your knowledge about the people that chose to call these hills their home.