Hardback | |
December 31, 1975 | |
9780813102115 | |
English | |
104 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
.55 Pounds (US) | |
$25.00 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
My World
A personalized travelogue, My World chronicles the inspiring story of a poor Kentucky boy who learned how to turn the rough grist of his life into the fine art of literature.
Jesse Stuart's life centered on W-Hollow, Greenup County, Kentucky, and extended to the far corners of the world. As a writer, teacher, and lecturer, he traveled to all but one of the United States and to ninety countries on six continents. As the core of Stuart's world, W-Hollow was the place of his birth and his first reaching out—to the brown earth and the green shoots growing out of it, to the insects and animals that inhabited its wooded slopes, to the blue sky and the birds that flashed across it. From W-Hollow he went out first to Greenup High School, then to Lincoln Memorial University, then to all of Kentucky, and finally to the world.
In My World, we see Stuart's expanding universe through his eyes. Through the telescoping essays, Stuart slowly extends his vision to encompass more of the world and humanity. He is conscious of the social and geographical forces that shaped and defined his life. He is also very aware of the forces that draw him home again. He saw his beloved Kentucky as many states in one. Each region—from the east Kentucky mountains to the Jackson Purchase—was a unique kingdom. Stuart brings Kentucky's varied scenery, its people, and their distinctive dialects and social customs to life for his readers.
Jesse Stuart's life centered on W-Hollow, Greenup County, Kentucky, and extended to the far corners of the world. As a writer, teacher, and lecturer, he traveled to all but one of the United States and to ninety countries on six continents. As the core of Stuart's world, W-Hollow was the place of his birth and his first reaching out—to the brown earth and the green shoots growing out of it, to the insects and animals that inhabited its wooded slopes, to the blue sky and the birds that flashed across it. From W-Hollow he went out first to Greenup High School, then to Lincoln Memorial University, then to all of Kentucky, and finally to the world.
In My World, we see Stuart's expanding universe through his eyes. Through the telescoping essays, Stuart slowly extends his vision to encompass more of the world and humanity. He is conscious of the social and geographical forces that shaped and defined his life. He is also very aware of the forces that draw him home again. He saw his beloved Kentucky as many states in one. Each region—from the east Kentucky mountains to the Jackson Purchase—was a unique kingdom. Stuart brings Kentucky's varied scenery, its people, and their distinctive dialects and social customs to life for his readers.
About the Authors
Jesse Stuart is a Kentucky teacher, lecturer, and writer. As a specialist for the U.S. Department of State, he traveled around the world, and he served as a visiting lecturer and professor at the American University in Cairo in 1960-61. His work includes nearly thirty books, ranging from poetry to biography, autobiography, novels, and short stories.
Hardback | |
December 31, 1975 | |
9780813102115 | |
English | |
104 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
.55 Pounds (US) | |
$25.00 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Jesse Stuart
Foretaste of Glory
Jesse Stuart
Sep 1996
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Clearing in the Sky & Other Stories
Jesse Stuart
May 1984
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Trees Of Heaven
Jesse Stuart
Dec 1980
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles by Wade Hall
Act of Contrition
Janice Holt Giles, foreword by Wade Hall
Oct 2005
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Conversations with Kentucky Writers
edited by Linda Elisabeth Beattie, Linda Elisabeth LaPinta, foreword by Wade Hall, photographs by Susan Lippman
Mar 2003
- University Press of Kentucky
$30.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles in BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
A Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
George Kent
Feb 2021
- University Press of Kentucky
$35.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
$35.00 USD
- Electronic book text
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Jade Snow Wong
Dec 2019
- University of Washington Press
$22.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
$95.00 USD
- Hardback
The Lost Books of Jane Austen
Janine Barchas
Oct 2019
- Johns Hopkins University Press
$35.00 USD
- Hardback
$35.00 USD
- Electronic book text