Quote of the day
That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.
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)







