Reviews "Jesse Stuart on Education," edited by J. R. LeMaster, an anthology that presents a loosely chronological record of the student and teaching experiences of Jesse Stuart, eastern Kentucky writer and progressive educator. Contains an unpublished manuscript chapter from Stuart's "The Thread That Runs So True." (SV)

This autobiography relates the early teaching experiences of Kentucky teacher and author Jesse Stuart (1906-1984). Barely 17 years old, he first taught in a one-room, isolated rural school in eastern Kentucky for $60 a month. His 35 barefoot students in the eight grades ranged in age from 5 to 20 years. The students' passion for learning…