Thread that Runs So True
Thread that Runs So True

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0684719045

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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.

Old Ben
Old Ben

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780945084235

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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.

The Beatinest Boy
The Beatinest Boy

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher:

Published: 1989-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780945084136

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

A Penny's Worth of Character
A Penny's Worth of Character

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780945084327

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Shan is dishonest with the storekeeper in his rural Kentucky community, but he feels better about himself after his mother forces him to put things right.

Daughter of the Legend
Daughter of the Legend

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780945084426

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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 Good Apprentice
The Good Apprentice

Author: Iris Murdoch

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-12-01

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780141186689

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Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: He has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug and the young man has fallen out of a window to his death. Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram. Funny and compelling, The Good Apprentice is at once a supremely sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the spiritual crises that afflict the modern world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Taps for Private Tussie
Taps for Private Tussie

Author: Jesse Stuart

Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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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.