Maryjean Wall: 3 books
How Kentucky Became Southern
A Tale of Outlaws, Horse Thieves, Gamblers, and Breeders
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
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...
Madam Belle
Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
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. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a youth steeped in death, sex, drugs, and scandal....
Bluegrass Renaissance
The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts, architecture,...