Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
By Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
Pub. Date: May 7, 2013
ISBN: 978-1476726090
Retail: $24.99
Pages: 240
Review:
Reality shows have been controlling the television screens for years; most of them are pointless, forgettable, and quickly disappear from the airwaves, but A&E's Duck Dynasty has avoided all the typical clichés and has become a hit series, spawning t-shirts, calendars, Hallmark cards, notebooks, band-aids, bobble heads, and books.
Phil Robertson, the founder of Duck Commander, has written an inspirational autobiography covering his childhood, high school, marriage, college, and the recent success of Duck Dynasty. He grew up poor, but was taught how to hunt and fish at an early age by his father; living off the land by hunting, fishing, and growing vegetables. During his teen years, he excelled at sports, eventually receiving a football scholarship at Louisiana Tech. He married the love of his life, Miss Kay Carroway, at the age of 16. After receiving a Bachelor Degree and Master Degree in Education, Phil went on to teach as his family started to grow.
Phil went on a rocky path of drinking, which almost ended his marriage, but he found the Lord at the age 28 and he was able to change his life for the better. Now with four children (Alan, Jase, Willie, and Jep), Phil left teaching to become a commercial fisherman. Eventually, he would take the biggest gamble of his life by going into the duck call business. Phil, with the help of his loving family and friends, made the duck calls by hand, which he would sale to local businesses. What started out as a small business in a little shack on the family property, has now become a multi-million dollar company.
By Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
Pub. Date: May 7, 2013
ISBN: 978-1476726090
Retail: $24.99
Pages: 240
Review:
Reality shows have been controlling the television screens for years; most of them are pointless, forgettable, and quickly disappear from the airwaves, but A&E's Duck Dynasty has avoided all the typical clichés and has become a hit series, spawning t-shirts, calendars, Hallmark cards, notebooks, band-aids, bobble heads, and books.
Phil Robertson, the founder of Duck Commander, has written an inspirational autobiography covering his childhood, high school, marriage, college, and the recent success of Duck Dynasty. He grew up poor, but was taught how to hunt and fish at an early age by his father; living off the land by hunting, fishing, and growing vegetables. During his teen years, he excelled at sports, eventually receiving a football scholarship at Louisiana Tech. He married the love of his life, Miss Kay Carroway, at the age of 16. After receiving a Bachelor Degree and Master Degree in Education, Phil went on to teach as his family started to grow.
Phil went on a rocky path of drinking, which almost ended his marriage, but he found the Lord at the age 28 and he was able to change his life for the better. Now with four children (Alan, Jase, Willie, and Jep), Phil left teaching to become a commercial fisherman. Eventually, he would take the biggest gamble of his life by going into the duck call business. Phil, with the help of his loving family and friends, made the duck calls by hand, which he would sale to local businesses. What started out as a small business in a little shack on the family property, has now become a multi-million dollar company.