A Mill Village Story - by Gerald Bruce Andrews (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"It is difficult to imagine a locale more quintessentially American than a Southern mill town. Congeniality, manners, friendliness, and compassion abound; white clapboard houses with black asphalt roofs and neat yards wander down from textile mills and schools. A Mill Village Story is a first-person narrative reflecting the best years of the mill villages in the Chattahoochee River Valley: West Point, Lanett, and Valley. It is a view through the eyes and mind of Gerald Andrews, a hard-scrabble kid who was born at home in a two-room house in Fairfax at the end of the Great Depression and grew up in his grandmother's boarding house. Andrews's creativity and innovative mind aided him in adventures through school, college, relationships, mill work, management, and leadership positions. What comes through most clearly in these pages is his genuine love for the people and how the culture of this nearly lost place shaped him"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><em>A Mill Village Story</em> is the record of one man's upbringing in a place and time that is quickly vanishing. A quintessentially American small town, West Point, Georgia is a place defined by its local industry--a world-class textile mill run by the West Point Pepperell corporation--and adherence to traditional Southern values of congeniality, manners, and friendliness. Everyone author Gerald Andrews knew or even just rubbed shoulders with worked at the mill, and it was Andrews's experiences there that would take him from relative poverty to the corporate boardroom. <em>A Mill Village Story</em> is an account of Andrews's early years, his rapid rise to leadership in various textile firms, and the special character of the village that shaped him. How does a young man go from night watchman to corporate sales in a matter of years? <em>A Mill Village Story</em> offers some explanation. Creativity and kindness set him on the right path, those characteristics nurtured in him by family members and the mill community. Gerald Andrews also quickly gained a reputation as a problem-solver--even at the lowest position at the mill--and for recognizing the importance of every employee, no matter their rank. This compassion for his employees contributed to his success. In <em>A Mill Village Story</em>, a lifetime of wisdom comes to file, with Andrews peppering his tale with the homegrown philosophies he developed from the unique social relationships he enjoyed growing up. Add to the mix personal encounters with Southern characters like country psychic Mayhayley Lancaster and <em>A Mill Village Story</em> becomes a memorable time capsule that serves as a portrait of a uniquely American place.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>A Mill Village Story</em> kindles the mind and feeds the soul. Gerald Andrews gives a heartfelt account of growing up in a textile manufacturing community, full of the contrasts and similarities that bridged social, economic, and political differences over seven decades. -- <b>June Henton</b>, dean of Auburn University's College of Human Sciences<br><br>Gerald Andrews's life in West Point, Georgia, was anything but poor. The family's primary resource was one another, as it was throughout the village. Andrews's writing doesn't gloss over hardships, however. <em>A Mill Village Story</em> lays bare the realities of segregation and discrimination of the time. A vivid and insightful reflection into a distinct culture that is no more. -- <b>Malinda C. Powers</b>, president of the Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society<br><br>Gerald Andrews's memoir captures what life was like in a cotton mill community during the 1940s-1950s. Heartwarming and humorous, if occasionally wistful, <em>A Mill Village Story</em> expresses the experience of growing up in a Southern mill town with feeling and great care. -- <b>William Frazer</b>, writer, journalist, forester<br><br>Gerald Andrews's memoir is both a classic American success story and a first-rate social history. Told with a distinctly Southern sensibility and a heartfelt recounting of the people he grew up with, <em>A Mill Village Story</em> weaves a compelling and inspiring true tale that is a delight to read. -- <b>Jim Buford</b>, fiction writer and essayist<br><br>In <em>A Mill Village Story</em>, Gerald Andrews tells the story of the mill villages of the Greater Chattahoochee Valley and his own experiences with a charming touch. Andrews is a great citizen of the valley, in both civil service and executive record, but what comes through most clearly in these pages is his genuine love for the people and culture of the place that shaped him. -- <b>George Littleton</b>, professor of English and communications director, Auburn University<br><br>These tales of growing up in the Chattahoochee Valley and Andrews's later successes are interesting and inspiring. <em>A Mill Village Story</em> is a fascinating inside look at how the rise and fall of the textile industry in America defined for decades life in communities like West Point. -- <b>Steve Tramell</b>, mayor of West Point, Georgia<br><br>This book is the story of a boy, his small mill-town home, and the huge textile industry that bound the South together for over a century. Described in detail, life in a mill village was defined by a unique code, one that was rarely thought of but generally followed. Andrews's story is vividly told, and follows his path to success from holding the lowest position in the mill to reaching the highest echelons of management in the industry. This is Horatio Alger played out in real time, down South. -- <b>Monroe Smith</b>, retired Alabama state representative<br>
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