Elkhorn: Evolution of a Kentucky Landscape by Richard Taylor As readers of this blog know, I am passionate about Kentucky and…
The University Press of Kentucky just celebrated its 75th birthday, but it is celebrating it’s birthday on a list of…
Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence Over Belleau Wood that night For a Christmas truce had been declared By both…
I first learned of Tom Kimmerer and his work during the late summer and into the fall of 2014 with…
Over 150 writers contributed to The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia which is being published this month by the University Press…
Published posthumously by the late Professor Carlton Jackson of Western Kentucky University, this biography of Colonel George M. Chinn is…
Jefferson Davis. Library of Congress. This post was originally written in 2015 and entitled “Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back”,…
Belle Brezing died in 1940 and her business had closed some twenty-three years earlier. Despite the passing of years, Ms.…
A is for Appalachia: The Alphabet Book of Appalachian Heritage I grabbed a new book for story time with the…
Here, brothels were commonplace for generations. Here, alcohol flowed freely before, after and during prohibition. Here, crime was inherent and…