In 1957, Marty Robbins wrote and sang a song filled with teen angst that became number one on the country chart. “A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation” told the story of a young man who was “all dressed up for the dance,” [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #5 [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood #3 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #4 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #5 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart
While Jesse Stuart was recuperating from his 1971 heart attack, Mildred Enyart and several of his Greenup County neighbors were planning a surprise for him. The lodge at Greenbo Lake, a state resort park in Greenup County, was nearing completion, but it had not [...]
#1 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #5 The Final Tide, Norma Cole
#1 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #2 A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, Allan W. Eckert #3 Hidden Heroes of the Big Sandy Valley, James M. Gifford, editor #4 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 [...]
I offer this essay about my grandmother as my tribute to Women’s History Month. My father was an alcoholic who deserted us when my brother and I were infants. My mother was mentally and emotionally handicapped. She was incapable of gainful support and sat [...]
Loyal Jones at the 2018 Kentucky Book Fair. Jesse Stuart Foundation author Loyal Jones will be inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington on March 24. Other inductees include author George Ella Lyon, former [...]
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #4 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, March 29 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2 p.m.; book discussion at 2:30 p.m. The March selection is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought [...]
