It has been, maybe, forty years since I read Jesse Stuart’s name. Maybe fifty years. His name resonates as a voice of common, poor, forgotten people of the land. I think of him like I do singer Jimmie Rodgers as less a writer amongst other writers, but man of a particular time and place. We think of them as separate and unique, and yet captured in time, but not for all time.
It has been, maybe, forty years since I read Jesse Stuart’s name. Maybe fifty years. His name resonates as a voice of common, poor, forgotten people of the land. I think of him like I do singer Jimmie Rodgers as less a writer amongst other writers, but man of a particular time and place. We think of them as separate and unique, and yet captured in time, but not for all time.
Thank you again Mr. Brenager for reading and the thoughtful comments.
Really beautiful storytelling, Chase. Where does that O. Henry quotation come from?
Thank you. I'll look up the original. It's a shortened version of a quote I read in the Grand Ole Opry book I cited.