A Jesse Stuart Reader

A Jesse Stuart Reader PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931672245
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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The Best-loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart

The Best-loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945084815
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This collection of 34 stories by Stuart includes "Youth," the macabre "Sunday Afternoon Hanging" and a tragic tale of adultery and murder, "The Old People." Provides a story-by-story commentary by H. Edward Richardson and a discussion of the origin of many of the stories and some of the characters and incidents on which they are based.

Thread that Runs So True

Thread that Runs So True PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684719045
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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A personal narrative of the author's experiences as a teacher in the mountain region of Kentucky. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Daughter of the Legend

Daughter of the Legend PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation
ISBN: 9780945084426
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A regional love story set in the hills of Tennessee against a backdrop of mystery and racial misunderstanding. Dave, a young lumberjack, falls in love with Deutsia, a Melungeon girl. Her people are shunned by the valley people and the relationship splits the lifetime friendship of Dave and his best friend, Ben.

The Beatinest Boy

The Beatinest Boy PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945084136
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Relates the adventures of an orphan named David who lives with his grandmother in the mountains of Kentucky.

Men of the Mountains

Men of the Mountains PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813101439
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Twenty-one short stories explore the daily lives and activities of Kentucky mountaineers

Old Ben

Old Ben PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945084235
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When young Shan befriends a bull black snake, his Kentucky mountain family decides that perhaps the only good snake isn't a dead snake after all.

To Teach, to Love

To Teach, to Love PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945084020
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Jesse Stuart is a great Kentucky novelist, short-story writer, poet, and teacher. He writes about his boyhood, school years, and experiences in college. He tells of nearly 50 years in a one-room rural schoolhouse.

Split Cherry Tree

Split Cherry Tree PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780945084204
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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The Best-loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart

The Best-loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart PDF Author: Jesse Stuart
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Book Description
This collection of 34 stories by Stuart includes "Youth," the macabre "Sunday Afternoon Hanging" and a tragic tale of adultery and murder, "The Old People." Provides a story-by-story commentary by H. Edward Richardson and a discussion of the origin of many of the stories and some of the characters and incidents on which they are based.