The Thread That Runs So True

This 1949 memoir is considered an American classic, but if you’re outside of Kentucky, it’s likely one you’ve never heard of. My dad was a huge Jesse Stuart fan and some of the earliest book gifts I received as a child were collections of his stories, given to me by my father. Jesse Stuart started teaching when he was only seventeen years old, beginning in a one-room schoolhouse. This memoir covers twenty years of his career in the mountain region of Kentucky as he moved from teacher to principal to superintendent.