Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky
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Total Pages: 792
ISBN-13: 9780722249215
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Author: Library Reprints, Inc.
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Total Pages: 792
ISBN-13: 9780722249215
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Published: 1878
Total Pages: 788
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John M. Gresham Company
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 631
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Published: 1878
Total Pages: 906
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John E. Kleber
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-10-17
Total Pages: 1080
ISBN-13: 0813159016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J M Armstrong Company
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 834
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy: J.M. Armstrong Company, Orig. Pub. 1876, Reprinted 2019, 820 pages, NEW INDEX, ISBN #0-89308-193-0. Like similar books of the era, this volume is filled with some 1408 Biographical sketches of individuals prominent in Kentucky history, with 78 finely executed steel engravings of some of the biograhees. Many of the Biographies have birth dates in the 1790's and early 1800's and hence many family genealogies are carried well back into the 1730's. This book contains the names of over 7,000 persons.
Author: Gerald L. Smith
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2015-08-28
Total Pages: 625
ISBN-13: 0813160669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nancy Capace
Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 723
ISBN-13: 0403097401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of Kentucky contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.