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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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Lt. Governor Coleman visits JSF board
Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman was a special guest at the Jesse Stuart Foundation's Board of Directors meeting on Sept. 26. Coleman addressed the board about many important topics including the broad benefits of education and literacy. READ THE DAILYINDEPENDENT'S COVERAGE OF THE EVENT HERE Board member John McCauley takes Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman on a tour of the Jesse Stuart Room during her visit to the JSF. [...]
Jesse Stuart Weekend canceled
Due to heavy storm damage in the region and related power outages, the Jesse Stuart Weekend has been canceled. Jesse Stuart Weekend Greenbo Lake State Resort Park September 27-28, 2024 Friday, September 27 9 a.m. to noon: Free Time — Kick back and relax at the Jesse Stuart Lodge, take a walk on one of the Park trails, or visit the JSF Bookstore at 4440 13th [...]
Jenny Wiley: Frontier Heroine
Best known for his nonfiction work “Night Comes to the Cumberlands,” Harry M. Caudill also wrote fiction, including “Dark Hills to Westward: The Saga of Jenny Wiley,” first published in 1969 and recently reprinted in a new softback edition by the Jesse Stuart Foundation.When Jenny was an old woman, a preacher sat down with her and wrote out her captivity story. Although Jenny may have embellished it many times, it [...]
80th anniversary edition of Mongrel Mettle: The Autobiography of a Dog
The JSF has produced a new softback edition of Mongrel Mettle: The Autobiography of a Dog by Jesse Stuart. The book is more than just a dog story – with celebration of America’s melting pot democracy as a significant theme, it’s full of sparkling social satire, native lore, and mountain magic. A dog of many masters and mistresses, Jerry-B Boneyard is first befriended by Glenna Powderjay. When she goes [...]
The Orphan Trains
In the 1800s and early 1900s, waves of immigrants came to American cities to escape famine or persecution in their home countries. On New York’s Lower East Side, mostly Irish and Italians were packed into airless, crowded tenements or makeshift shelters, where they lived in extreme poverty. Under these miserable conditions, diseases spread quickly, making orphans of many children. Other children were placed in orphanages by parents who could no [...]