New edition of original 1937 publication. Clark writes about Kentucky in her proper setting in the national picture. This standard college history text includes bibliographical references and index.
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THE PLACE to begin Kentucky history.,
By boniferd@lindsey.edu (Columbia, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A History of Kentucky (Hardcover)
Although this book was published more than 60 years ago -- and has been updated several times since then -- it is THE PLACE to begin if you are curious about Kentucky's fascinating -- and often tragic -- history. Although "A New History of Kentucky" is more current and is quite good, Clark's book is essential for understanding the Bluegrass State and how it has evolved. Clark's book also gives you a deeper appreciation of "A New History" and helps you understand some of the finer points of that book as well. Clark is a first-rate historian, but he also is a wonderful story-teller as well. He weaves a compelling story about Kentucky as a place full of optimism, corruption, idealism and missed opportunity. He captures some of the commonwealth's more colorful figures without deifying anyone or losing focus. Trying to understand Kentucky without reading Clark is not unlike trying to comprehend Rome without reading Gibbon or England without reading Churchill.
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Good Starting Point,
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I agree with the previous reviewer. This is a great starting point for someone interested in Kentucky history and definitely a "read before" reading "A New Kentucky History". It lays the foundation concerning the earliest portions of Kentucky history and really helped me understand the beginnings of my adopted home state. I would not have enjoyed A New Kentucky History nearly as much had I not read this book first. Well written and engrossing, a definite must have for anyone interested in the Bluegrass State. Yes, I know it's really a Commonwealth :)
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IN submitting the report of the Second Kentucky Geological Survey in 1857, David Dale Owen made the more or less obvious observation that already Kentucky civilization was three quarters of a century old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hempen goods, seventh convention, county academies, lateral streams, tobacco war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Orleans, Henry Clay, Ohio River, Kentucky River, Blue Grass, Kentucky Gazette, Daniel Boone, Democratic Party, Bank of Kentucky, New Court, North Carolina, Old Court, Federal Government, Virginia Assembly, Cumberland Gap, South Carolina, Fayette County, University of Kentucky, Bowling Green, New England, New York, Lieutenant Governor, Henry Watterson, John Brown New!
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IN submitting the report of the Second Kentucky Geological Survey in 1857, David Dale Owen made the more or less obvious observation that already Kentucky civilization was three quarters of a century old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hempen goods, seventh convention, county academies, lateral streams, tobacco war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Orleans, Henry Clay, Ohio River, Kentucky River, Blue Grass, Kentucky Gazette, Daniel Boone, Democratic Party, Bank of Kentucky, New Court, North Carolina, Old Court, Federal Government, Virginia Assembly, Cumberland Gap, South Carolina, Fayette County, University of Kentucky, Bowling Green, New England, New York, Lieutenant Governor, Henry Watterson, John Brown New!
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- History of Lexington, Kentucky: Its Early Annals and Recent Progress by George Washington Ranck on 4 pages
- The Winning of the West, Volume 1: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 by Theodore Roosevelt on 4 pages
- History of Kentucky : Embracing . . . Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Nearly Five Hundred Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Pioneers, Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Surgeons. . .Etc. (2 Volumes) by Lewis Collins on 4 pages
- Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America by Gilbert Imlay in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- History of Fayette County: Kentucky With an Outline Sketch of the Bluegrass Region by W. H. Perrin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth by John E. Kleber on 11 pages
- People's House: Governor's Mansions of Kentucky by Thomas D. Clark on 5 pages
- Virginia's Western War: 1775-1786 by Neal O. Hammon on 4 pages
- Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America by Yvonne Honeycutt Baldwin on 4 pages
- Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad by Randolph Paul Runyon in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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