Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
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)







