Jesse Stuart Stuart
Jesse Stuart was a prolific Kentucky mountain writer who celebrated Appalachian life with robust humor and genuine folk knowledge. He is Appalachia's most prolific literary voice, writing novels, stories, and poetry with equal facility.
Works
- Taps for Private TussieNovel about a poor Kentucky family unexpectedly receiving a large insurance settlement
- Trees of HeavenNovel exploring lives of an Appalachian farming family across generations
- He to the Woods
- The Thread That Runs So TrueAutobiographical account of Stuart's career as a teacher and educator in rural Kentucky
- Year of My RebirthMemoir of personal recovery and spiritual renewal after serious health crisis