Front Porch Tales

"Part Mark Twain, part Garrison Keillor, Philip Gulley is a breath of fresh air in an over-sophisticated and often jaded world." —Gloria Gaither, singer and songwriter

Master storyteller Philip Gulley shares tender and hilarious real-life moments that capture the important truths of everyday life.


When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the twelve members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of them would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on the air to twenty-four million people. Fourteen books later, with more than a million books in print, Gulley still entertains as well as inspires from his small-town front porch.

"Perhaps more things were resolved on America's front porches than in any other place, and yet so few are being used today. With this delightful collection of stories, told in a warm and easy style, Philip Gulley invites us to sit again on the front porch—a place of hearth, home, and folks we've known." —Gary Smalley, bestselling author and family relationship expert
"The tales Philip Gulley unveils are tender and humorous . . . filled with sudden, unexpected, lump-in-the-throat poignancy." —Paul Harvey, Jr., American radio broadcaster