JSF best sellers ~ Jan. 31-Feb. 6
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #4 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #5 Hie to the Hunters, Jesse Stuart
Appalachian Love Stories a great Valentine’s Day gift
If you are looking for a Valentine’s Day gift or just a good collection of short-stories, I recommend “Appalachian Love Stories.” Edwina Pendarvis, a nationally recognized scholar and author, and I compiled and edited this collection, which was published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Jan. 14-30
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #3 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Johnny Logan: The True Story of a [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Jan. 17-23
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 (tie) Kentucky Frontiersmen, Joseph A. Altsheler #2 (tie) A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 Come Back to the Farm, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) White Squaw: [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Jan. 10-16
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 Wilderness Empire, Alan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Dark Hills To Westward: The Saga of Jenny Wiley, Harry M. Caudill #4 (tie) Simon [...]
Baseball is a love that formed in childhood
In response to the work stoppage in major league baseball, I offer the following personal essay. It is an exercise in whimsy – rather than serious scholarship, but there are some heartfelt truths here, also. I met my one true love in [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Jan. 3-9
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Cruelly Murdered: The Murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and Other Kentucky True Crime Stories, Keven McQueen #4 (tie) The Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontier, Evans, Santelli, George-Warren, editors [...]
A Jesse Stuart Reader
High school teachers and home-school teachers who wish to introduce their students to Jesse Stuart have a unique teaching tool available in “A Jesse Stuart Reader,” reprinted by the Jesse Stuart Foundation in 1988. Originally published in 1963, the book was designed as a classroom [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Dec. 27-Jan. 2
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg #4 (tie) Cruelly Murdered: The Murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and Other Kentucky True Crime Stories, Keven [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Dec. 20-26
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #3 Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry M. Caudill #4 (tie) Blue Jacket; War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Alan W. Eckert #5 (tie) Foxfire 10, [...]