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.
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