In the fall of 1938, Jesse Stuart arrived in Greenup after a year of studying and writing abroad. A large delegation of friends and family met him at the train station, and many inquired about his plans. Jesse told them that he expected to [...]
#1 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Miss Willie, Janice Holt Giles #4 (tie) Strength From the Hills, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) Twilight of Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys – The True Story, Dean King #3 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) The Hunters of Kentucky, Ted Franklin Belue #3 (tie) The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse [...]
In his 1956 autobiography, “The Year of My Rebirth,” Jesse Stuart makes brief mention of the mid-nineteenth century murder of “Nick” Nickapopolis, a pack peddler who worked W-Hollow on a monthly basis in the 1850s. Little is known of “Nick”—the people of W-Hollow did [...]
#1 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #2 The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart #3 Warrior Woman, James Alexander Thom #4 Follow the River, James Alexander Thom #5 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
