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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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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 in 2001. We cast a broad net for material in order to include some “new authors,” along with established greats like Jesse Stuart and Billy [...]
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 Shawnee Who Became a U.S. Spy, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Simon Kenton: Kentucky Scout, Thomas D. Clark #5 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart [...]
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: The True Story of Jennie Wiley, Arville Wheeler #5 The Conquerors, Allan W. Eckert
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 Kenton: Kentucky Scout, Thomas D. Clark #5 (tie) The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #5 (tie) The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) [...]
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 the fourth grade, and I have loved her ever since. Her name is baseball. By my sixth grade year, we were going steady. I was [...]