JSF best sellers ~ May 3-9
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 The Rightful Owner, Jesse Stuart #4 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #5 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert
JSF best sellers ~ April 26-May2
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #3 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #4 Twilight of Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart [...]
Gifford article Lieutenant Jesse Stuart and the Armed Services Editions published in Kentucky Humanities
The article, “Lieutenant (J.G.) Jesse Stuart and the Armed Services Editions” by Dr. James M. Gifford appears in the Spring 2021 edition of Kentucky Humanities magazine. In November 1941, the American Library Association, the American Red Cross, and the United Services Organization formed the [...]
Regional Readers to meet May 25; Chadwick’s Traveling the Underground Railroad focus
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, May 25 in the JSF Conference Room. Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm. The May selection is Traveling the Underground Railroad: A Visitor’s Guide to More Than 300 Sites by Bruce Chadwick. [...]
JSF best sellers ~ April 19-25
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Sorrow in Our Heart, Allan W. Eckert #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones [...]
JSF best sellers ~ April 12-18
#1 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #4 Twilight of Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert
JSF best sellers ~ April 4-11
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #5 (tie) White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, [...]
Misrepresentations about Appalachia led to What My Heart Wants to Tell
“Tell about the South. What’s it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there?” These haunting questions posed by William Faulkner in “Absalom, Absalom!” could just as easily be applied to Appalachia. Where is Appalachia? On its surface, that seems [...]
Regional Readers to meet April 27; What My Heart Wants to Tell focus
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, April 27 in the JSF Conference Room. Coffee and conversation at 2:00 p.m; book discussion at 2:30 p.m. The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2021 reading [...]
JSF best sellers ~ March 29-April 4
#1 A Jesse Stuart Reader, Jesse Stuart #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #4 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 What My Heart Wants to Tell, Verna [...]