A New History of Kentucky

A New History of Kentucky
ISBN-10
081313708X
ISBN-13
9780813137087
Series
A New History of Kentucky
Category
History
Pages
552
Language
English
Published
1997-03-27
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Authors
Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter

Description

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 and deep traditions. Lowell Harrison, professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University, is the author of many books, including George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, The Civil War in Kentucky, Kentucky's Road to Statehood, Lincoln of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors.

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