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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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James Still’s Sporty Creek tells of life in Kentucky hills during the Great Depression
Unlike Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, whose novels have appeared on best-seller lists, James Still (1906-2001) never won a popular national audience. He did, however, win many honors and was well praised by a small but select band of supporters until late in his life when, between 1990 and his death in 2001, the University Press of Kentucky published five of Still’s works, including “Sporty Creek” which had previously [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Aug. 8-4
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 Gateway to Empire, Allan W. Eckert
JSF best sellers ~ July 15-31
#1 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #2 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #3 Daughter of the Legend, Jesse Stuart #4 That Summer of ’45: A Boy’s Adventure Story, G. Sam Piatt #5 W-Hollow Kitchen Adventure, Glennis Stuart Liles and Helen Shultz
That Summer of ’45
My friend Sam Piatt died on June 25 at the age of 88. He was a much-loved man and a much-respected journalist. Like thousands of others in northeastern Kentucky and surrounding areas, I enjoyed his weekly column in The Daily Independent, where he had worked as a full-time news reporter for 30 years. After he retired in 1998, he continued writing his outdoor column until his recent death. Sam’s [...]
JSF best sellers ~ July 11-17
#1 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #2 The Thread That Runs So True, Jesse Stuart #3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #4 White Squaw: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #5 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert