Randall Franks
Author, actor and entertainer Randall Franks, "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's In the Heat of the Night, latest work A Badge or an Old Guitar is the focus of a One Book One Community event.
"I am so honored that my latest labor of love is part of this special program," he said. "Some great books by amazing authors have been featured. and to be included in their ranks is definitely a privilege."
Mr. Franks will appear as the featured author at the Catoosa County Library, 108 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, on Tuesday, April 25. He will be on hand to visit with book enthusiasts beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the program starting at 6 p.m.
"A Badge or an Old Guitar shares a small-town story of police officer James Randall who finds his anticipated path in life blocked unexpectedly," he said. "Within the midst of this experience, he is catapulted into the middle of Music City where his formally hidden musical talents place him in demand to fans and industry executives but also to Nashville police as he finds himself in the midst of a murder mystery."
The multiple music halls of fame entertainer said he had a lot of fun bringing together his background as a Nashville music artist and his interest in mysteries.
Mr. Franks is a nationally known syndicated columnist reaching readers through the South and Midwest each week with his Southern Style column which is found also at www.randallfranks.com. He is an award-winning journalist who has authored nine books including A Mountain Pearl, a collection of Appalachian stories inspired by his late mother, cookbooks, a three-book series on encouragement, and several celebrity autobiographies that he co-authored. The most recent features the 100-year-old Silver Dollar City fiddling star Violet Hensley entitled Whittlin’ and Fiddlin’ My Own Way.
Catoosa County Citizens for Literacy and the Catoosa County Library co-sponsor the annual One Book, One Community to raise awareness about reading and engage the community in discussions about specific books.
Readers can check out a copy of the book at the library, stop by the Catoosa County Learning Center, 36 Muscogee Trail, in Ringgold, or on the web at http://randallfranks.com/store and purchase a copy or purchase a download an e-book at www.Amazon.com/author/randallfranks/. Locally books are also available at Sonshine Christian Bookstore in Fort Oglethorpe, UnikTings!, Stuff 4 Less, and Cottage Treasures in Ringgold.
Readers are encouraged to join Franks as he shares about his book at the library and the Dual County Defenders act out a scene from the book.
For more information about the event, call the Library 706.965-3600 or the Learning Center 706.965-8275.
How to participate:
Read the book;
Engage with other readers on Twitter (@RandallFranks) and on Facebook at either Catoosa Citizens for Literacy or Randall Franks - A Badge or an Old Guitar;
Start a conversation; and
Attend CCL and Catoosa County Library One Book One Community night with author Randall Franks on Tuesday, April 25, at 6 p.m.