Jesse Stuart Weekend
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
October 3 & 4, 2025
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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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Latest JSF News
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
Beyond Dark Hills
Ninety years ago, a young man from Kentucky borrowed $150, gathered up his Oliver typewriter, packed a trunk short on clothes and long on manuscript pages, and headed for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a master’s degree. He was essentially a farmer, and he was impressed with what he had heard about the Agrarians, a group of Vanderbilt writers who were more interested in the land than [...]