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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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The Women with Silver Wings
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her students were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. When the U.S. Army Air Forces put [...]
Icy Sparks is a fresh and original novel
Gwyn Hyman Rubio’s novel revolves around Icy Sparks, a young girl growing up in the hills of eastern Kentucky during the 1950’s. Icy Sparks is an unforgettable heroine in the tradition of Scout in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The author lives in Kentucky and her novel became an Oprah Book Club selection. This is the sweet, optimistic story of a young girl who learns to accept and embrace what [...]
Resolve to Read in 2024
New year’s resolutions reflect personal values. Many resolutions relate to our physical being: we resolve to lose weight or start an exercise program. Some resolutions relate to strengthening our spiritual lives, but it seems to me that people should also resolve to improve their minds.In 2024, I encourage you to start a reading program. Watch television less and read more. Toward that end, I invite you to join the Jesse [...]
Writers Workshop scheduled for June 21-22
Well into his sixties and with a history of heart problems, Jesse Stuart continued to write and publish at an incredible pace. He also continued to teach and directed seven creative writing workshops at Murray State University from 1969 to 1977. The University established the summer workshop program a year after conferring an honorary doctorate upon Stuart. The program began with fifty-eight students in 1969 and gradually peaked at [...]
True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia makes for a great Christmas gift
“True Christmas Stories From the Heart of Appalachia,” is a book that captures the spirit of Christmas in 43 stories by 39 authors. Thirty-five of the stories are from Kentucky and the others are from neighboring states. This book was sponsored by JSF Board Member Ron Cartee and his wife Diane and dedicated to their great-niece, Rhonda Nunley, a Greenup county educator who died of cancer on December 3, [...]