#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys – The True Story, Dean King #3 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 (tie) The Hunters of Kentucky, Ted Franklin Belue #3 (tie) The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse [...]
In his 1956 autobiography, “The Year of My Rebirth,” Jesse Stuart makes brief mention of the mid-nineteenth century murder of “Nick” Nickapopolis, a pack peddler who worked W-Hollow on a monthly basis in the 1850s. Little is known of “Nick”—the people of W-Hollow did [...]
#1 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #2 The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart #3 Warrior Woman, James Alexander Thom #4 Follow the River, James Alexander Thom #5 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #5 [...]
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 (tie) The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 (tie) A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, Allan W. Eckert #3 Bluetick Pig, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan [...]
#1 Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII, Jack D. Ellis #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Hie to the Hunters, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill #4 (tie) [...]
#1 Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII, Jack D. Ellis #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill #4 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #5 The Scotia Widows: Inside Their [...]
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, August 31 in the JSF Conference Room. Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm. The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2021 reading [...]
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #3 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #4 Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII, Jack D. Ellis #5 Appalachian Values, Loyal [...]
#1 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Patriots & Heroes: Eastern Kentucky Soldiers of WWII, Jack D. Ellis #4 (tie) Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The [...]
