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Fall Of Kentucky'S Rock - Western Kentucky Democratic Politics Since The New Deal

by George G. Humphreys

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 This in-depth study offers a new examination of a region that is often overlooked in political histories of the Bluegrass State. George G. Humphreys traces the arc of politics and the economy in western Kentucky from avid support of the Democratic Party to its present-day Republican identity. He demonstrates that, despite its relative geographic isolation, the region west of the eastern boundary of Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Warren, and Simpson Counties to the Mississippi River played significant roles in state and national politics during the New Deal and postwar eras.Drawing on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, Humphreys explores the area's political transformation from a solid Democratic voting bloc to a conservative stronghold by examining how developments such as advances in agriculture, the diversification of the economy, and the civil rights movement affected the region. Addressing notable deficiencies in the existing literature, this impressively researched study will leave readers with a deeper understanding of post-1945 Kentucky politics.
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George Keats Of Kentucky - A Life

by Lawrence M. Crutcher

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 John Keats's biographers have rarely been fair to George Keats (1797--1841) -- pushing him to the background as the younger brother, painting him as a prodigal son, or labeling him as the "business brother." Some have even condemned him as a heartless villain who took more than his fair share of an inheritance and abandoned the ailing poet to pursue his own interests. In this authoritative biography, author Lawrence M. Crutcher demonstrates that George Keats deserves better. Crutcher traces his subject from Regency London to the American frontier, correcting the misconceptions surrounding the Keats brothers' relationship and revealing the details of George's remarkable life in Louisville, Kentucky.Brilliantly illustrated with more than ninety color photographs, this engaging book reveals how George Keats embraced new business opportunities to become an important member of the developing urban community. In addition, George Keats of Kentucky offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life, commerce, and entrepreneurship in Louisville and the Bluegrass.
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Murder And Madness - The Myth Of The Kentucky Tragedy

by Matthew G. Schoenbachler

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 The "Kentucky Tragedy" was early America''s best known true crime story. In 1825, Jereboam O. Beauchamp assassinated Kentucky attorney general Solomon P. Sharp. The murder, trial, conviction, and execution of the killer, as well as the suicide of his wife, Anna Cooke Beauchamp -- fascinated Americans. The episode became the basis of dozens of novels and plays composed by some of the country''s most esteemed literary talents, among them Edgar Allan Poe and William Gilmore Simms. In Murder and Madness, Matthew G. Schoenbachler peels away two centuries of myth to provide a more accurate account of the murder. Schoenbachler also reveals how Jereboam and Anna Beauchamp shaped the meaning and memory of the event by manipulating romantic ideals at the heart of early American society. Concocting a story in which Solomon Sharp had seduced and abandoned Anna, the couple transformed a sordid murder -- committed because the Beauchamps believed Sharp to be spreading a rumor that Anna had had an affair with a family slave -- into a maudlin tale of feminine virtue assailed, honor asserted, and a young rebel''s revenge. Murder and Madness reveals the true story behind the murder and demonstrates enduring influence of Romanticism in early America.
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Family Legacy Of Henry Clay - In The Shadow Of A Kentucky Patriarch

by Lindsey Apple

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 Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of state, Clay left an indelible mark on American politics at a time when the country''s solidarity was threatened by inner turmoil, and scholars have thoroughly chronicled his political achievements. However, little attention has been paid to his extensive family legacy.In The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch, Lindsey Apple explores the personal history of this famed American and examines the impact of his legacy on future generations of Clays. Apple''s study delves into the family''s struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War. Apple''s extensively researched volume illuminates a little-discussed aspect of Clay''s life and heritage, and highlights the achievements and contributions of one of Kentucky''s most distinguished families.
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Henry Watterson And The New South - The Politics Of Empire, Free Trade, And Globalization

by Daniel S. Margolies

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 Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal during the tumultuous decades between the Civil War and World War I, was one of the most influential and widely read journalists in American history. At the height of his fame in the early twentieth century, Watterson was so well known that his name and image were used to sell cigars and whiskey. A major player in American politics for more than fifty years, Watterson personally knew nearly every president from Andrew Jackson to Woodrow Wilson. Though he always refused to run, the renowned editor was frequently touted as a candidate for the U.S. Senate, the Kentucky governor''s office, and even the White House.Shortly after his arrival in Louisville in 1868, Watterson merged competing interests and formed the Courier-Journal, quickly establishing it as the paper of record in Kentucky, a central promoter of economic development in the New South, and a prominent voice on the national political stage. An avowed Democrat in an era when newspapers were openly aligned with political parties, Watterson adopted a defiant independence within the Democratic Party and challenged the Democrats'' consensus opinions as much as he reinforced them.In the first new study of Watterson''s historical significance in more than fifty years, Daniel S. Margolies traces the development of Watterson''s political and economic positions and his transformation from a strident Confederate newspaper editor into an admirer of Lincoln, a powerful voice of sectional reconciliation, and the nation''s premier advocate of free trade. Henry Watterson and the New South provides the first study of Watterson''s unique attempt to guide regional and national discussions of foreign affairs. Margolies details Watterson''s quest to solve the sovereignty problems of the 1870s and to quell the economic and social upheavals of the 1890s through an expansive empire of free trade. Watterson''s political and editorial contemporaries variously advocated free silverism, protectionism, and isolationism, but he rejected their narrow focus and maintained that the best way to improve the South''s fortunes was to expand its economic activities to a truly global scale.Watterson''s New Departure in foreign affairs was an often contradictory program of decentralized home rule and overseas imperialism, but he remained steadfast in his vision of a prosperous and independent South within an American economic empire of unfettered free trade. Watterson thus helped to bring about the eventual bipartisan embrace of globalization that came to define America''s relationship with the rest of the world in the twentieth century. Margolies''s groundbreaking analysis shows how Watterson''s authoritative command of the nation''s most divisive issues, his rhetorical zeal, and his willingness to stand against the tide of conventional wisdom made him a national icon.
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History Of Education In Kentucky

by William E. Ellis

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 Though its reputation is not always justified, in national rankings for grades K-12 and higher education, Kentucky consistently ranks among the lowest states in education funding, literacy, and student achievement. In A History of Education in Kentucky, William E. Ellis illuminates the successes and failures of public and private education in the commonwealth since its settlement.
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How Kentucky Became Southern - A Tale Of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, And Breeders

by Maryjean Wall

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 The conflicts of the Civil War continued long after the conclusion of the war: jockeys and Thoroughbreds took up the fight on the racetrack. A border state with a shifting identity, Kentucky was scorned for its violence and lawlessness and struggled to keep up with competition from horse breeders and businessmen from New York and New Jersey. As part of this struggle, from 1865 to 1910, the social and physical landscape of Kentucky underwent a remarkable metamorphosis, resulting in the gentile, beautiful, and quintessentially southern Bluegrass region of today.In her debut book, How Kentucky Became Southern: A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders, former turf writer Maryjean Wall explores the post--Civil War world of Thoroughbred racing, before the Bluegrass region reigned supreme as the unofficial Horse Capital of the World. Wall uses her insider knowledge of horse racing as a foundation for an unprecedented examination of the efforts to establish a Thoroughbred industry in late-nineteenth-century Kentucky. Key events include a challenge between Asteroid, the best horse in Kentucky, and Kentucky, the best horse in New York; a mysterious and deadly horse disease that threatened to wipe out the foal crops for several years; and the disappearance of African American jockeys such as Isaac Murphy. Wall demonstrates how the Bluegrass could have slipped into irrelevance and how these events define the history of the state. How Kentucky Became Southern offers an accessible inside look at the Thoroughbred industry and its place in Kentucky history.
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Kentucky Moonshine

by David W. Maurer e Wes Berry

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 A tongue-in-cheek but realistic look at the Kentucky moonshining industry.
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Kentucky And The Great War - World War I On The Home Front

by David J. Bettez

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 His exhaustively researched study examines the Kentucky Council of Defense -- which sponsored local war-effort activities -- military mobilization and preparation, opposition and dissent, and the role of religion and higher education in shaping the state's response to the war.
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The Fall Of Kentucky'S Rock - Western Kentucky Democratic Politics Since The New Deal

by George G Humphreys

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 Draws on extensive archival research and oral history interviews to explore political history in Kentucky.
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Changing The Game - My Career In Collegiate Sports Marketing

by Jim Host

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 He received the Kentuckian of the Year Award from the Chandler Foundation, theChampion of Diversity Award from the Louisville Urban League, the Kentucky Broadcasters Distinguished Kentuckian Award, and honorary doctorates from the University of Kentucky, the University of Pikeville, and Kentucky State University.
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Our Rightful Place - A History Of Women At The University Of Kentucky, 1880--1945

by Deirdre A. Scaggs e Terry L. Birdwhistell

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 In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth.
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Writing Appalachia - An Anthology

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 Despite the stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding Appalachia, the region has nurtured and inspired some of the nation's finest writers.
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Making Bourbon - A Geographical History Of Distilling In Nineteenth-Century Kentucky

by Karl Raitz

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 While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Kentucky's unique geography shaped the whiskeys its settlers produced, and for more than two centuries, distilling bourbon fundamentally altered every aspect of Kentucky's landscape and culture.
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Murder On The Ohio Belle

by Stuart W. Sanders

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 In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. As reports of the killing spread, one newspaper shuddered, "The details are truly awful and well calculated to cause a thrill of horror." Drawing on eyewitness accounts, Murder on the Ohio Belle uncovers the mysterious circumstances behind the bloodshed.
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Enid Yandell - Kentucky'S Pioneer Sculptor

by Juilee Decker

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 Louisville-born and nationally renowned sculptor Enid Yandell (1869--1934) was ahead of her time. In 1898 Yandell was among the first women to be selected for membership in the National Sculpture Society, the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States.
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Kentucky And The Great War - World War I On The Home Front

by David J. Bettez

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 Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Great War on Bluegrass society, politics, economy, and culture, contextualizing the state's involvement within the national experience. David J. Bettez examines the Kentucky Council of Defense, military mobilization, opposition, and the role of religion and higher education in shaping the state's response to the war.
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Madam Belle - Sex, Money, And Influence In A Southern Brothel

by Maryjean Wall

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 Offers a tantalizing true story of vice and power in the Gilded Age South, as told through the life and times of the notorious Miss Belle. Secrecy was a moral code in the sequestered demimonde of prostitution in Victorian America, so little has been written about the Southern madam credited with inspiring the character Belle Watling in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind.
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Alben Barkley - A Life In Politics

by James K. Libbey

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 Born to poor tenant farmers in a log cabin in Graves County, Kentucky, Alben Barkley (1877--1956) rose to achieve a national political stature equaled by few of his contemporaries.
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Venerable Trees - History, Biology, And Conservation In The Bluegrass

by Tom Kimmerer

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 Central Kentucky and central Tennessee still boast one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the US, found in both rural and urban areas. In Venerable Trees , Tom Kimmerer showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendour of these ancient trees and the remaining woodland pastures.
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Committed To Victory - The Kentucky Home Front During World War Ii

by Richard E. Holl

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 Offers the first comprehensive examination of Kentucky's civilian sector during World War II. Revealing the struggles and triumphs of civilians during World War II, Holl illuminates the personal costs of the war, the black market for rationed foods and products, and even the inspiration that coach Adolph Rupp and the University of Kentucky basketball team offered to a struggling state.
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Madam Belle - Sex, Money, And Influence In A Southern Brothel

by Maryjean Wall

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 Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill's bawdy house - an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln.
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A History Of Education In Kentucky

by William E. Ellis

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 Though its reputation is not always justified, in national rankings for grades K-12 and higher education, Kentucky consistently ranks among the lowest states in education funding, literacy, and student achievement. In A History of Education in Kentucky, William E. Ellis illuminates the successes and failures of public and private education in the commonwealth since its settlement.
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Murder And Madness - The Myth Of The Kentucky Tragedy

by Matthew G. Schoenbachler

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 In 1825, Jereboam O. Beauchamp assassinated Kentucky attorney general Solomon P Sharp. The murder, trial, conviction, and execution of the killer, as well as the suicide of his wife, Anna Cooke Beauchamp - fascinated Americans. This title reveals the true story behind the murder and demonstrates enduring influence of Romanticism in early America.
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