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Allan Eckert’s Winning of America Series
This Jesse Stuart Foundation best-selling series details accounts of frontiersmen and Native Americans and many dramatic events of the time period. Many years of research went into this popular series that also tells the story of wilderness America itself, its penetration and settlement.
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Jesse Stuart Junior Books
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Christmas on the River
One winter day as I was sitting on the river bank, I heard a group of boys coming through the willows. Christmas was only a few days off. At the church, the boys said, sacks of hard candy would be given to all the young people. Anyone who wanted a sack could have it. All you had to do was to walk inside the church and get it. As [...]
True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia
In 2019, the Jesse Stuart Foundation published “True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia,” a book that captures the spirit of Christmas in 43 stories by 39 authors. Thirty-five of the stories are from Kentucky and the others are from neighboring states. This book was sponsored by JSF Board Member Ron Cartee and his wife Diane and dedicated to their great-niece, Rhonda Nunley, a Greenup county educator who [...]
Reprints funded with generous donations
At left, Jim Gifford accepts the gift from Ron Cartee. The JSF has received a $10,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum’s Community Investment Program which is committed to collaborating with stakeholders to invest in organizations and initiatives that make a positive, meaningful impact on communities where the company operates. The grant will be used to reprint softback editions of three books by Jesse Stuart: Bluetick Pig, Old Ben, and A [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Nov. 21-27
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 (tie) Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert #2 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #3 Appalachian Values, Loyal Jones #4 (tie) The Devil’s Dream, Lee Smith #4 (tie) White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #5 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert
W-Hollow Holidays and Holiday Recipes
In 1987, Jesse Stuart’s youngest sister, Glennis Stuart Liles, called me at home one Sunday afternoon and announced that she had an idea for a new money-making project for the Jesse Stuart Foundation. “I want to do a cookbook. I’ve wanted to do one for years, and all the family will participate!” By 1989, the compilation of “The W-Hollow Cookbook” was complete, and the JSF published 2100 copies of [...]