JSF best sellers ~ April 18-24
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood #4 Kentucky is My Land, Jesse Stuart #5 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart
JSF best sellers ~ April 11-17
#1 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert#2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert#3 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart#4 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart#5 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert
Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier
It is the mid-1700s, and England’s colonists in North America are eager to explore and settle the forest frontier west of the Appalachian mountains. This is the setting of the new book (2021), “Blood and Treasure.” The guide to this epic narrative is America’s first [...]
JSF best sellers ~ April 4-10
#1 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #1 (tie) The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Tale of the Devil: The Biography of Devil Anse Hatfield, Dr. Colman C. Hatfield and Robert Y. Spence #3 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #4 White [...]
Regional Readers to meet April 26; Blood and Treasure focus
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, April 26 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2:00 pm; book discussion at 2:30 pm. The April selection is Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s [...]
JSF best sellers ~ March 28-April 3
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 (tie) Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #2 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #4 Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier, Bob Drury and Tom [...]
A White Sports Coat and a Red Consternation
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,” [...]
JSF best sellers ~ March 21-27
#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 [...]
JSF best sellers ~ March 14-20
#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
Jesse Stuart Lodge a wonderful attraction in Greenup County
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 [...]