The Kentucky Novel

Author : James Klotter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813129257
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Kentucky written by James Klotter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky is most commonly associated with horses, tobacco fields, bourbon, and coal mines. There is much more to the state, though, than stories of feuding families and Colonel Sanders’ famous fried chicken. Kentucky has a rich and often compelling history, and James C. Klotter and Freda C. Klotter introduce readers to an exciting story that spans 12,000 years, looking at the lives of Kentuckians from Native Americans to astronauts. The Klotters examine all aspects of the state’s history—its geography, government, social life, cultural achievements, education, and economy. A Concise History of Kentucky recounts the events of the deadly frontier wars of the state’s early history, the divisive Civil War, and the shocking assassination of a governor in 1900. The book tells of Kentucky’s leaders from Daniel Boone and Henry Clay to Abraham Lincoln, Mary Breckinridge, and Muhammad Ali. The authors also highlight the lives of Kentuckians, both famous and ordinary, to give a voice to history. The Klotters explore Kentuckians’ accomplishments in government, medicine, politics, and the arts. They describe the writing and music that flowered across the state, and they profile the individuals who worked to secure equal rights for women and African Americans. The book explains what it was like to work in the coal mines and explains the daily routine on a nineteenth-century farm. The authors bring Kentucky’s story to the twenty-first century and talk about the state’s modern economy, where auto manufacturing jobs are replacing traditional agricultural work. A collaboration of the state historian and an experienced educator, A Concise History of Kentucky is the best single resource for Kentuckians new and old who want to learn more about the past, present, and future of the Bluegrass State.

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781443458658
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1936, Bluet is the last of the Kentucky Blues. In the dusty Appalachian hills of Troublesome Creek, nineteen and blue-skinned, Bluet has used up her last chance for “respectability” and a marriage bed. Instead, she joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding up treacherous mountains on a mule to deliver books and other reading material to the poor hill communities of Eastern Kentucky. Along her dangerous route, Bluet confronts many who are distrustful of her blue skin. Not everyone is so keen on Bluet’s family or the Library Project, and the impoverished Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. Inspired by the true and historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek provides an authentic Appalachian voice to a story of hope, heartbreak and raw courage and shows one woman’s strength, despite it all, to push beyond the dark woods of Troublesome Creek.

Author : Harriette Simpson Arnow
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1609173325
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky Trace written by Harriette Simpson Arnow and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping portrait of life in the hard-bitten wilderness of Revolutionary Kentucky, Harriette Simpson Arnow’s The Kentucky Trace follows surveyor William David Leslie Collins as he struggles to survive. Collins finds his fellow settlers to be almost as inscrutable as the weather—at times, they are allies, and at others, they are adversaries. Collins battles nature, bad luck, and the quickly shifting political tides to make his way in a changing world. Showcasing Arnow’s ear for dialogue and offering a wealth of historical detail, The Kentucky Trace is a masterful work of fiction by a preeminent Appalachian writer.

Author : William Elsey Connelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Kentucky written by William Elsey Connelley and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Sidney Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky Novel written by Lawrence Sidney Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Credo Fitch Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.UW/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toby written by Credo Fitch Harris and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Fox (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kentuckians written by John Fox (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Janice Holt Giles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813101774
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kentuckians written by Janice Holt Giles and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1988-01-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed research provides an authentic base for the story of David Cooper, a hunter and frontiersman who settles down in 1770s Kentucky

Author : Janice Giles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813129125
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hill Man written by Janice Giles and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " After writing Hill Man , Janice Holt Giles said, ""I was struck by its strength. It is the most realistic ridge book we have written, completely honest and presenting the truest picture of most of the ridge men."" Giles originally published the book in paperback in 1954 under the pseudonym John Garth. Her usual publisher declined to issue the novel, arguing that it was too sexual and violent for a writer whose other books were popular family book club selections. Now one of the most sought-after novels in the Giles canon, Hill Man desired as much for its rarity as for its compelling and unromanticized portrayal of poor, rural Kentuckians. This special edition marks the first time the book has ever been available in hardback. The novel's hero is Rady Cromwell, a man with dangerous ways that make men admire him and women love him. Born the son of a preacher in the hills of Kentucky, Rady grows into a shrewd but likeable prankster and hell-raiser with a gift for separating people from their money. Beginning his adult life with nothing more than a gun, a dog, and a guitar, Rady becomes a backwoods entrepreneur, working diligently to climb the social and economic ladder. Hill Man follows Rady from his poor beginnings through his conquests of various women and pieces of property. Bold, inventive, hard working, and good natured, Rady follows every opportunity that comes along and takes great pride in raising a herd of cattle or a successful crop of corn or tobacco. Yet he also delights in singing folk ballads around a fire, in the thrill of a foxhunt by moonlight, and in the refreshing waters of a stream after a long day in the fields.

Author : Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781628961249
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky Trace written by Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally released in 1974 by Knopf, The Kentucky trace is Harriette Simpson Arnow's final novel published during her lifetime. It is the story of William David Leslie Collins, raised in a Virginia gentry family of loyal British subjects, but he is covertly involved as a rebel patriot in the American Revolutionary War. Having already written in her novels Hunter's Horn and The Dollmaker about the experiences of Appalachian people who stayed home during World War II, Arnow once again describes American mountain people during wartime.