MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW is a landmark in American literature. This memorable collection of sonnets created a sensation when it was first published in 1934. It immediately established Jesse Stuart as a major American writer, and it was the beginning of his distinguished literary career. It is a book with origins in the mountains of Kentucky where young Stuart worked a fifty-acre farm and somehow managed to find time to write down the poems that burned in his brain. Kentucky comes to life in every line of MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW: sunlight on green fields, clean winds blowing through corn, the stars above the mountains, and other images of mountain life are lovingly recorded. Dozens of dramas and scores of characters crowd these pages. The nation s critics hailed MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW as an outstanding American poetic work, and assigned its author to the company of Burns, Housman, Masefield, Masters, and Frost. The passage of time has not altered this verdict; for here, simple and effortless, in all its vigorous beauty and singing strength, is a truly extraordinary book. MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW embodies the spirit and the essence of poetry. It cannot fail to win the unqualified admiration of all who read it. - from Amzon