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Download or read book Sketches of Early Life and Times in Kentucky Missouri and Illinois written by Elijah Iles and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Old Kentucky Rhymes written by M. Bettie Bell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Kentucky Rhymes: A Collection of Early Poems and Sketches A few of the poems contained in this book were written in recent years. For the most part, however, they ex press my earlier thoughts. If, there fore, some careful reader should feel inclined to criticise them, I am sure he will first consider the time in life when they were written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Through Two Administrations written by Pattie French Witherspoon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Through Two Administrations: Character Sketches of Kentucky So much for Aunt Arethusa's introduction to the kitchen. Aunt Arethusa was my father's eldest sister. She spent her early life on a farm in New Hampshire. When her parents died the old homestead was sold for debt, and my aunt came south to live with her younger sister, with an annual visit of six months to us thrown in. I overheard Aunt Arethusa say to a neigh bor one day, Poor William Henry, she always spoke of my father that way, might have landed on the supreme bench if he had only remained in an atmosphere of energy, but instead of that he came to Kentucky and just threw himself away. To my aunt the most coveted position in the gift of the people was supreme judgeship. The neighbor, who was a devoted admirer of my mother, did not stay long after Aunt Arethusa's burst of confidence, and I thought she was rather stiff when she told my aunt good evening. She said afterwards, If Miss Arethusa thinks marrying a beautiful Kentucky girl that's a saint compared with some folks and an heiress besides is throwing one's self away she must have. High notions.12 IN the reign OF aunt arethusa. My father's tastes were unquestionably literary, and I do not know what pre-eminence he might have attained had he pursued his profession of law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book My Old Kentucky Home written by C. Perry Gibbs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Old Kentucky Home: A Thrilling Story of Kentucky Mountain Life Once upon a time a young man was going to see his sweetheart. He stopped at the Florist's and purchased a beautiful bouquet of roses. When he arrived at the house of the beautiful girl who was waiting for him, he presented her the roses. She was so overcome with joy that for the mo ment she forgot her dignity and threw both arms about him and kissed him right on the lips. He tore away and started for the door. She ran after him, caught him by the arm, saying: I did not mean to embarrass you. He said: Embar rass nothing! I am going after more owers. Now I am not writing this story for the owers, or the other either. I am writing it that you may know something about My Old Kentucky Home. Since I am a minister and trained to sermon ize, you will permit me to use a text. If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. (psalm 137: 5, The Bible is good enough as it is; but will you not allow me to put my bit of sentiment in the text by saying: If I forget thee, 0 'my Old Ken tucky Home' let my right hand forget its cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not My Old Kentucky Home' above my chief joy.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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Download or read book The Stage of Life written by Ellanetta Harrison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Stage of Life: A Kentucky Story I can't tell you just now, Nina, her mother replied, and sighed deeply as she threw herself upon a couch. Pick up that shawl, daughter, and spread it over me. Mamma, dear, are you chilly, when this room is so warm P asked Nina. Somewhat - darling; mamma must rest now; don't disturb her, said Mrs. Boise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Lexington Historical Society Vol 1 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lexington Historical Society, Vol. 1: Papers Relating to the History of the Town, Read by Some of the Members Perhaps no small town has been more frequently hon ored by the adoption of its name than Lexington. Soon after the event that made our town famous, the news reached a party of explorers who had encamped on the Spot where now stands the beautiful city of Lexington, Ky. Professor Ranck, in an interesting account Of the settlement, says: Delighted with the virgin charms sur rounding them, they resolved to make the site of our city their place of settlement, and then and there named it Lexington, in honor of that glorious field where the rebels of Massachusetts had died but a few weeks before, resist ing the encroachments of their king. Here, in the heart of a Virginia wilderness and by Kentucky pioneers, was erected the first monument ever raised on this continent to the first dead of the Ameri can Revolution. Other Lexingtons followed; and today we find the name given to county, town, village, or station twenty-four times at least in the following States South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. When I began to study the origin of the name, I was not aware of the discussion that had taken place in regard to it. I naturally turned to English sources of inquiry. Judge of my surprise to find in the Encyclopaedia Bri tannica the only Lexington mentioned was Lexington, Ky. Chambers gives it a bare mention as the scene of the first conflict between the Americans and the British troops in the War for Independence. Other English works of ref erence were significantly silent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Early Midwestern Travel Narratives written by Robert Rogers Hubach and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1961, Early Midwestern Travel Narratives records and describes first-person records of journeys in the frontier and early settlement periods which survive in both manuscript and print. Geographically, it deals with the states once part of the Old Northwest Territory-Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota-and with Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Robert Hubach arranged the narratives in chronological order and makes the distinction among diaries (private records, with contemporaneously dated entries), journals (non-private records with contemporaneously dated entries), and "accounts," which are of more literary, descriptive nature. Early Midwestern Travel Narratives remains to this day a unique comprehensive work that fills a long existing need for a bibliography, summary, and interpretation of these early Midwestern travel narratives.
