#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#2 Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill
#3 Kentucky Boy: The Top First Grader, Louis J. Boyd
#4 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart
#5 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart
#5 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert
