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T R E E
Jesse Stuart Foundation, Ashland,
Kentucky, 1990. 53 pp.
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The Split Cherry Tree was not
issued as a book during Jesse Stuart’s
lifetime. It was first published as a
short story by Esquire in
its January 1939 issue. It tells the
story of three boys who purposely damage
a cherry tree on school property. Two of
the boys’ fathers pay for the damages,
but the third father comes to the school
to right the insult to his family’s name
and honor. He
spends the day at school, and comes away
with a whole new viewpoint about the
value of education.
This publication not only reprints
story, but it also has a variety of
additional study materials for classroom
use, including photographs from a movie
version of the story produced by the
Learning Corporation of America. It also
has a fine chronology of Stuart’s life.
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