Author: Gayle B. Berry
Publisher: Acclaim Press
ISBN: 9781935001393
Category : Barren County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Barren County, Kentucky
Author: Gayle B. Berry
Publisher: Acclaim Press
ISBN: 9781935001393
Category : Barren County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher: Acclaim Press
ISBN: 9781935001393
Category : Barren County (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Red Book
Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
ISBN: 9781593311667
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area
Author: Harry M. Claudill
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786252007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
“At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia. Caudill’s study begins in the violence of the Indian wars and ends in the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. Two hundred years ago, the Cumberland Plateau was a land of great promise. Its deep, twisting valleys contained rich bottomlands. The surrounding mountains were teeming with game and covered with valuable timber. The people who came into this land scratched out a living by farming, hunting, and making all the things they need-including whiskey. The quality of life in Appalachia declined during the Civil War and Appalachia remained “in a bad way” for the next century. By the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Appalachia had become an island of poverty in a national sea of plenty and prosperity. Caudill’s book alerted the mainstream world to our problems and their causes. Since then the ARC has provided millions of dollars to strengthen the brick and mortar infrastructure of Appalachia and to help us recover from a century of economic problems that had greatly undermined our quality of life.”-Print ed.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786252007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
“At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia. Caudill’s study begins in the violence of the Indian wars and ends in the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. Two hundred years ago, the Cumberland Plateau was a land of great promise. Its deep, twisting valleys contained rich bottomlands. The surrounding mountains were teeming with game and covered with valuable timber. The people who came into this land scratched out a living by farming, hunting, and making all the things they need-including whiskey. The quality of life in Appalachia declined during the Civil War and Appalachia remained “in a bad way” for the next century. By the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Appalachia had become an island of poverty in a national sea of plenty and prosperity. Caudill’s book alerted the mainstream world to our problems and their causes. Since then the ARC has provided millions of dollars to strengthen the brick and mortar infrastructure of Appalachia and to help us recover from a century of economic problems that had greatly undermined our quality of life.”-Print ed.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri
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Category : Lafayette County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Lafayette County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Moonlight Schools for the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates
Author: Cora Wilson Stewart
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Author: John M. Gresham
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
Battletown Witch
Author: Gerald W. Fischer
Publisher: Acclaim Press
ISBN: 9781942613466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 175 years, many folks who wander the woods near Battletown, Kentucky have seen the ghost of Leah Smock, who was burned as a witch at the age of 22 in August 1840. Enveloped in a purple glow, her spirit stands beside her grave, wearing a long white robe...her black hair flowing as if in blown by the wind. Battletown Witch tells the story of Leah Smock, the legend of her supernatural powers and death at the hands of neighboring families. It also tells about the socioeconomic environment of the area in which she lived and died, and as much as is known about her family, death and afterlife. The book also explores the evolution of witchcraft from early beliefs, superstitions and cultures across the world, primarily in Europe, and how these beliefs influenced life in the early American colonies. Battletown Witch is a fascinating look at how fear of witchcraft and community gossip led to the death of a country girl nearly two centuries ago, and how her legend still lives today.
Publisher: Acclaim Press
ISBN: 9781942613466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 175 years, many folks who wander the woods near Battletown, Kentucky have seen the ghost of Leah Smock, who was burned as a witch at the age of 22 in August 1840. Enveloped in a purple glow, her spirit stands beside her grave, wearing a long white robe...her black hair flowing as if in blown by the wind. Battletown Witch tells the story of Leah Smock, the legend of her supernatural powers and death at the hands of neighboring families. It also tells about the socioeconomic environment of the area in which she lived and died, and as much as is known about her family, death and afterlife. The book also explores the evolution of witchcraft from early beliefs, superstitions and cultures across the world, primarily in Europe, and how these beliefs influenced life in the early American colonies. Battletown Witch is a fascinating look at how fear of witchcraft and community gossip led to the death of a country girl nearly two centuries ago, and how her legend still lives today.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa
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Category : Grundy County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Grundy County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Portrait and Biographical Record of Jasper, Marshall, and Grundy Counties, Iowa, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States
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Category : Grundy County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Grundy County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Inside the Ku Klux Klan
Author: Brian Tackett
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449028969
Category : Arson
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"This story tells about the events which led up to the burning of the Barren River Baptist Church in Bowling Green Kentucky in the early morning hours of December 6, 1991 ... The history of the Klan is discussed as well as the secret symbolysm [sic], meetings, and ceremonies.--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449028969
Category : Arson
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"This story tells about the events which led up to the burning of the Barren River Baptist Church in Bowling Green Kentucky in the early morning hours of December 6, 1991 ... The history of the Klan is discussed as well as the secret symbolysm [sic], meetings, and ceremonies.--P. [4] of cover.