The University Press Of Kentucky imprint: 774 books
My Century in History
Memoirs
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2006
When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive History of Kentucky...
Northern Kentucky University
A Panoramic History
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Northern Kentucky University's evolution from an educational branch of the University of Kentucky into a major university in its own right is a tale of promise and humble beginnings. Could the handful of students and instructors attending classes in a Covington bus station in 1946 have ever imagined...
by Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces...
Kentucky's Rebel Press
Pro-Confederate Media and the Secession Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Throughout the Civil War, the influence of the popular press and its skillful use of propaganda was extremely significant in Kentucky. Union and Confederate sympathizers were scattered throughout the border slave state, and in 1860, at least twenty-eight of the commonwealth's approximately sixty newspapers...
by Maggie Green
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
A seasonal food journey with native Kentuckian Maggie Green, The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook takes home chefs through a year in a Kentucky kitchen with more than 200 recipes. With a focus on the cook's activities in the kitchen, this book guides both aspiring and experienced cooks in the preparation of...
Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky
A Progressive President and the Modernization of a Southern University
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
In 1917, fifty-two years after its founding, the University of Kentucky faced stagnation, financial troubles, and disturbing reports of nepotism, resulting in a leadership crisis. A special committee investigated the institution and issued a report calling for a massive transformation of the university,...
by James C. Klotter
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1989
"The reader gets to play detective in four mysteries from Kentucky's past -- the disappearances of James Harrod and "Honest Dick" Tate, the battlefield death of Indian chief Tecumseh, and the assassination of William Goebel. James Klotter offers clues but leaves the solution to the...
by James Duane Bolin
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Known as the "Man in the Brown Suit" and "The Baron of the Bluegrass," Adolph Rupp (1901--1977) is a towering figure in the history of college athletics. In Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball, historian James Duane Bolin goes beyond the wins and losses to present a...
by William Lynwood Montell
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
"Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by...
The Kentucky Anthology
Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Long before the official establishment of the Commonwealth, intrepid pioneers ventured west of the Allegheny Mountains into an expansive, alluring wilderness that they began to call Kentucky. After blazing trails, clearing plots, and surviving innumerable challenges, a few adventurers found time to...
Healing Kentucky
Medicine in the Bluegrass State
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Most towns did not have hospitals of their own before the mid-twentieth century, and Kentucky towns were no exception. Kentucky's first real hospital opened in 1823, but it was in Louisville -- too far away to serve many Kentucky communities, especially in cases of emergency. For this and other reasons,...
The Kentucky Derby
How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Each year on the first Saturday in May, the world turns its attention to the twin spires of Churchill Downs for the high-stakes excitement of the "greatest two minutes in sports," the Kentucky Derby. No American sporting event can claim the history, tradition, or pageantry that the Kentucky...
Kentucky Cooks
Favorite Recipes from Kentucky Living
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Kentucky has a rich culinary tradition with distinctive regional recipes that reflect the unique heritage of the commonwealth, and few know that tradition better than Linda Allison-Lewis. In the ten years since the publication of her celebrated first collection, Kentucky's Best: Fifty Years of Great...
The Historic Kentucky Kitchen
Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Kitchens serve as more than a place to prepare food; they are cornerstones of the home and family. Just as memories are passed down through stories shared around the stove, recipes preserve traditions and customs for future generations. The rich, diverse heritage of Kentucky's culinary traditions...