#1 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #4 (tie) Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #4 (tie) Kentucky is My Land, Jesse Stuart #5 Simon Kenton: Kentucky Scout, Thomas D. [...]
Above, HOKC Executive Director Sherry Crose presents the grant award letter to JSF CEO & Senior Editor Dr. James M. Gifford. The Jesse Stuart Foundation is proud to announce it received a $6,300 grant from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (HOKC) to distribute [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 Simon Kenton: Kentucky Scout, Thomas D. Clark #3 (tie) A Sorrow in Our Heart, Allan W. Eckert #3 (tie) White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #4 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) [...]
One of eastern Kentucky’s greatest heroines, Eula Riley Hall, died May 8 at her home in Craynor (Floyd County), Kentucky. She was 93. Eula Hall was born into Appalachian poverty on the floor of her family’s four-room cabin in Pike County on October 29, [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #4 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 Twilight of Empire, Allan W. Eckert #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood #4 (tie) A Jesse Stuart Reader, Jesse Stuart #4 [...]
“A Jesse Stuart Reader” is a collection of 18 short stories, excerpts from “God’s Oddling,” “The Thread That Runs So True,” and “The Year of My Rebirth,” and 26 poems. The book was designed for junior high and high school readers, so it includes [...]
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, June 29 in the JSF Conference Room. Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm. We will wear masks and practice social distancing. The June selection is A Jesse Stuart Reader, a collection of [...]
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) Daughter of the Legend, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) The Far Family, Wilma Dykeman #3 (tie) Return the Innocent Earth, Wilma Dykeman [...]
#1 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #2 (tie) The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Rightful Owner, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 [...]
