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My dad always told us never to live where we could see the smoke from another man's chimney. He told us we should never live so close to another's house that the chickens would mingle in the woods.
he was born in 1906... not 1907

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I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the and the teacher is immortal.

Jesse Stuart

I take with me Kentucky, embedded in my brain and heart, in my flesh and bone and blood. Since I am Kentucky, and Kentucky is part of me.

Jesse Stuart

Jesse Stuart

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)

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