Jesse Stuart

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1963
  • Latest Book:
    August 2012
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Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Moon Child from Wolfe Creek

  • Head O'w-Hollow

  • Thread that Runs So True

  • Head O' W-Hollow

  • Men of the Mountains-Pa

    Written by a beloved American author who grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians, these twenty-one short stories explore the daily lives and activities of Kentucky mountaineers.

    Life, animate existence, absorbs Jesse Stuart. Never is it ...

  • Trees of Heaven

    Originally published in 1940, Stuart's first novel introduced his reader to one of the most unforgettable characters of American literature―Boliver Tussie, the hard-drinking, happy-go-lucky squatter who works just enough to get by....

  • Clearing in the Sky and Other Stories

    Here are twenty-one tales from Kentucky's inimitable and beloved storyteller, Jesse Stuart. Full of high, rambunctious humor, quick-paced as a mountain square dance, bright as a maple tree against an October hill―these stories are Stuart in his bes...

  • Foretaste of Glory

  • Beatinest Boy

    Grandma Beverley is fond of saying that David is the "beatinest" boy who ever grew up in the valley. And David is sure that his grandmother is the smartest, most wonderful woman in the world.

    They help one another and learn from one another. Davi...



  • Rightful Owner

    Mike finds a hounddog in the pasture which is obviously lost. Someone has been mean to the dog, and Mike wants him very much, but the hound won't come near him. Finally, his father helps him bring the dog home. After Mike and Speckles become insepara...

  • Andy Finds a Way

    Soldier Kim Tussie's death brings his widow, Aunt Vittie, $10,000 in insurance money, which Grandpa and Grandma promptly help her spend. Through the eyes of innocent young Sid Tussie, we see what happens when a poor mountain clan comes into sudden we...

  • Old Ben

    For Shan, it began as an ordinary summer's day. He was doing what he liked best, walking barefoot down a wellworn cow path to a clover field where he knew a sweet apple tree grew.

    Then he met Old Ben, a big bull black snake, sunning himself in th...

  • Penny's Worth of Character

    Grandma Beverley is fond of saying that David is the "beatinest" boy who ever grew up in the valley. And David is sure that his grandmother is the smartest, most wonderful woman in the world. They help one another and learn from one another. David t...

  • Red Mule

    Working to save the mules in their Kentucky community from being butchered at the cannery, twelve-year-old Scrappie and his friend Red Mule see their cause vindicated when tractors get stuck in the river mud and only mules can pull them out...

  • Daughter of the Legend

    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 sp...

  • Come to My Tomorrowland

    Come to My Tomorrowland tells the story of a girl, whose polio requires her to use crutches, and an injured albino fawn that she finds in the forest. She nurses the young animal to health, and becomes convinced that her doctors can heal her as well. ...

  • Foretaste of Glory-Pa

    It is a calm September evening in the Kentucky hill town of Blakesburg. Suddenly the sky above is filled with light--great sheets and arcs cascading across the heavens, brighter than the moon. Thus does Jesse Stuart set the stage for this rollicking ...

  • Mr. Gallion's School

    Jesse Stuart's strong views on teaching, delinquency, and parental responibilities, as well as his sharp assessment of boards of education, are more than a novelist's imagination. Mr. Gallion's School is based on Jesse Stuart's years of personal expe...

  • Come Back to the Farm

    Come Back to the Farm is a collection of sixteen stories which reflect Appalachia at its essence; most often they are gentle in tone, but they portray the pioneer spirit, the self-reliance, and the humor of the hill people of Stuart's Kentucky homela...



  • New Harvest: Forgotten Stories of Kentucky's Jesse Stuart

    New Harvest is the first collection of previously uncollected Stuart short stories in more than twenty years. This collection of twenty-two short stories spans Stuart's full writing career; none have ever been published in any other previous books. T...

  • Come Gentle Spring

    Come Gentle Spring, a collection of twenty short stories, was first published in 1969. The title clearly reflects Jesse Stuart's philosophy of life, the joy and hopefulness he feels for humanity, symbolized by the coming to Spring. Jesse Stuart's wor...

  • The Best-Loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart

    The thirty-four stories in this collection, selected from Stuart's 460 published stories, reveal the variety and range of his fictional world. Some reflect the wonder of growing up, while others portray the comedy and tragedy in the lives of the stro...

  • Beyond Dark Hills

    More than eighty years ago, a young man from Kentucky borrowed $150, gathered up his Oliver typewriter, a trunk short on clothes and long on manuscript pages, and headed for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a master s degree. ...

  • Taps for Private Tussie

    Teenage Sid Tussie sees big changes in his poor Kentucky family when they receive $10,000 insurance money for the death of his uncle in World War II and other greedy relatives scramble to share the wealth....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jesse Stuart has published 24 books.

Jesse Stuart does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Taps for Private Tussie, was published in August 2012.

The first book by Jesse Stuart, Moon Child from Wolfe Creek, was published in October 1963.

No. Jesse Stuart does not write books in series.
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