A Ride with Huey the Engineer

by Jesse Stuart

Fact and fiction from a colorful era of America's past. The first part of the book is the story of a boy living in eastern Kentucky during the 40s who develops a friendship with Huey the train engineer. Sunny Logan longingly watches Huey drive the train day after day, wishing to know what was beyond his home in Clearwater Valley. One day Huey stops the train and invites Sunny to ride to the end of the line. ”Even in Sunny’s wildest dreams he could not imagine the excitement that was to follow”
The second part of the book is a factual account of the Eastern Kentucky railway.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Jesse Hilton Stuart was an American writer known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings. Stuart was named the Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954. He died at Jo-Lin nursing home in Ironton, Ohio, which is near his boyhood home.

Reviews

[Hannah Ison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Huey the Engineer was written by Jesse Stuart in 1966 . It is a fiction book and has great details . As the story begins Sunny Logan was going to school after summer break . Before he could go to school he had to see his friend Huey the Engineer. Huey drove the train along the E.K. Railroad.Sunny was very excited when Huey asked him to ride on the train .Sunny thought he was going to see the wold! Sunny got to ride the train to Webbville. On the way back Huey let sunny ride the train.
I like this book because it takes place in our area I have been to most of the places in the book. I give this book 5 stars.