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
Regional Readers to meet Oct. 26; The Enduring Hills book focus
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, October 26 in the JSF Conference Room. Coffee and conversation at 2 p.m.; book discussion at 2:30 p.m. The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. The October selection is The Enduring Hills by Janice Holt Giles. The Enduring Hills was the first of many novels Giles wrote in her lifetime. Based in part on her own [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Sept. 27-Oct. 3
#1 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert#2 Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert#3 The Enduring Hills, Janice Holt Giles#4 Blue Jacket: War Chief of the Shawnees, Allan W. Eckert#5 Johnny Logan: The True Story of a Shawnee Who Became a U.S. Spy, Allan W. Eckert
JSF best sellers ~ Sept. 20-26
#1 Sergeant Sandlin: Kentucky’s Forgotten Hero, James M. Gifford#2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart#3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert#4 Trail of the Hunter’s Horn, Billy C. Clark#5 That Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley, Allan W. Eckert
Jesse Stuart: bloodied but unbowed
In the fall of 1938, Jesse Stuart arrived in Greenup after a year of studying and writing abroad. A large delegation of friends and family met him at the train station, and many inquired about his plans. Jesse told them that he expected to rest up and return to his teaching position at Greenup High School. However, that evening Jesse visited his friends Oscar and Ann Sammons, and they [...]
JSF best sellers ~ Sept. 13-19
#1 The Beatinest Boy, Jesse Stuart #2 A Penny’s Worth of Character, Jesse Stuart #3 The Frontiersmen, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Miss Willie, Janice Holt Giles #4 (tie) Strength From the Hills, Jesse Stuart #4 (tie) Twilight of Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) Wilderness Empire, Allan W. Eckert #4 (tie) The Wilderness War, Allan W. Eckert #5 (tie) Hunters of Kentucky: A Narrative History of America’s First [...]