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Missing Christmas

Following World War I, our nation entered a decade of national prosperity.  Businesses flourished, and the standard of living rose.  Jobs were plentiful and Americans were better fed, clothed, and housed than they had ever been before.  During the “Golden Twenties,” Americans also experienced [...]

Naomi Deane Stuart

“A perfect woman, nobly planned . . .” —William Wordsworth Jesse Stuart and Naomi Deane Norris met as Greenup High School students in the mid-1920s. When Deane saw Jesse, a “timid-looking new boy from the country,” she was unimpressed with his patched sweaters and [...]

“The Thread That Runs So True” treasured by teachers throughout the world

Beginning in 1937, a new book had been tumbling around in Jesse Stuart’s head. It was a book about education—a personal testimony to the teaching profession. In 1948, he finished the book, and it was published the following year. “The Thread That Runs So [...]

Adventure story, biography, western, history fitting labels for “Simon Kenton, Kentucky Scout”

Adventure story, biography, western, history, “Simon Kenton, Kentucky Scout” fits all these descriptions. Its vivid, intense language tells the story of Kentucky’s exploration and settlement through the life of the young frontiersman. Kenton was born April 3, 1755, in Fauquier County, Virginia, the son [...]

Onkst, JSF board chairman, visits to sign copies of his book Presidential Visits to Kentucky

Wayne Onkst, Chairman of the JSF Board of Directors, was here today to sign copies of his book, Presidential Visits to Kentucky: 1819-2017, that will be distributed to underserved high school and public libraries throughout Kentucky. The distribution project is made possible by a generous [...]

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