#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 W. Eckert
#4 (tie) The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone, Harry M. Caudill
#5 Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill
