Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Jesse Stuart
Born: August 8, 1906
Died: February 17, 1984 (aged 77)
Bio: Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer, school teacher, and school administrator who is known for his short stories, poetry, and novels as well as non-fiction autobiographical works set in central Appalachia.
Known for:
- The thread that runs so true (1943)
- Split cherry tree (1983)
- Man with a bull-tongue plow (1934)
- The beatinest boy (1953)
- A penny's worth of character (1954)