The University Press Of Kentucky: 775 books

Cover of My Century in History
by Thomas D. Clark
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...
Cover of Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University

A Panoramic History

by W. Michael Ryan, James C. Claypool, Tom Zaniello
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...
Cover of A New History of Kentucky
by Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter
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...
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Kentucky's Rebel Press

Pro-Confederate Media and the Secession Crisis

by Berry Craig
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...
Cover of The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook
by Maggie Green
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...
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Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky

A Progressive President and the Modernization of a Southern University

by Eric A. Moyen
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,...
Cover of History Mysteries
by James C. Klotter
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...
Cover of Adolph Rupp and the Rise of Kentucky Basketball
by James Duane Bolin
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...
Cover of Ghosts across Kentucky
by William Lynwood Montell
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...
Cover of The Kentucky Anthology

The Kentucky Anthology

Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State

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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...
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Healing Kentucky

Medicine in the Bluegrass State

by Nancy Disher Baird
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,...
Cover of The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby

How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event

by James C. Nicholson
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...
Cover of Kentucky Cooks

Kentucky Cooks

Favorite Recipes from Kentucky Living

by Linda Allison-Lewis
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...
Cover of The Historic Kentucky Kitchen

The Historic Kentucky Kitchen

Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook

by Deirdre A. Scaggs, Andrew W. McGraw
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...
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