Download or read book The Kentucky Stories written by Joseph A. Porter and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Porter's half-lost and half-remembered Kentucky, only fiction is true. He beckons the reader with all the promised adventure and exhilaration that drew Daniel Boone to a similarly unexplored land two centuries ago.
Download or read book Kentucky Stories written by Byron Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky Folktales written by Mary Hamilton and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The storytelling tradition has long been an important piece of Kentucky history and culture. Folktales, legends, tall tales, and ghost stories hold a special place in the imaginations of inventive storytellers and captive listeners. In Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies Kentucky storyteller Mary Hamilton narrates a range of stories with the voice and creativity only a master storyteller can evoke. Hamilton has perfected the art of entrancing an audience no matter the subject of her tales. Kentucky Folktales includes stories about Daniel Boone's ability to single-handedly kill a bear, a daughter who saves her father's land by outsmarting the king, and a girl who uses gingerbread to exact revenge on her evil stepmother, among many others. Hamilton ends each story with personal notes on important details of her storytelling craft, such as where she first heard the story, how it evolved through frequent re-tellings and reactions from audiences, and where the stories take place. Featuring tales and legends from all over the Bluegrass State, Kentucky Folktales captures the expression of Kentucky's storytelling tradition.
Download or read book Stories of Old Kentucky written by Martha Grassham Purcell and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Kentucky written by William Elsey Connelley and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stories of Old Kentucky written by Martha C. Grassham Mrs. Purcell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories of Old Kentucky" by Martha C. Grassham Mrs. Purcell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Kentucky Stories written by Lucille Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of five stories set in Kentucky in the early to mid twentieth century. Include a "gossip story" and a descriptive "faction."
Download or read book A Heap of Hills written by Billy Curtis Clark and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the most serious students of Clark's career know that before he enjoyed national success, a collection of four stories, A Heap of Hills, was published while he was a college student. This modest and obscure little book was issued in 1953 by the University of Kentucky s Phi Beta Kappa society as an Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Writing. From that copy, the Jesse Stuart Foundation has produced a facsimile reprint as a token of our respect for Billy C. Clark. Although these stories were later reprinted in other publications, this book is a fond reminder of one of Kentucky s most loved and respected authors and educators. Following six new frontal pages and cover, Clark fans can treasure a reproduction of the original copy of A Heap of Hills with no changes in text or format.
Download or read book Stitched Together written by Bob Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a child, Bob Thompson had nothing but time, passing his days on the front porch of his Granny's country store in Western Kentucky. His closest friends were his grandmother and the regulars at Ogden Landing Road grocery who would readily stop to swap stories and spin yarns. Those experiences led Thompson to discover his own passion for storytelling, and he has been sharing his tales with audiences since the early 1980s, constantly honing his unique style and personal delivery. In Stitched Together, Bob Thompson returns to his roots in a new exploration of both his early life in Kentucky as well as the adventures that have taken him around the world. However, as in his first book, it is the characters of his early life that shine most brightly"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Home and Beyond written by Morris Allen Grubbs and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-04-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A bountiful smorgasbord of classic and lesser known stories by accomplished Kentucky writers who provide a feast for readers of modern short fiction.” —Ann Charters, author of The Story and Its Writer With an introduction by Wade Hall Morris Grubbs has sifted through vintage classics, little-known gems, and stunning debuts to assemble this collection of forty stories by popular and critically acclaimed writers. In subtle and profound ways, they challenge and overturn accepted stereotypes about the land their authors call home, whether by birth or by choice. Kentucky writers have produced some of the finest short stories published in the last fifty years, much of which focuses on the tension between the comforts of community and the siren-like lure of the outside world. Arranged chronologically, from Robert Penn Warren’s “Blackberry Winter” to Crystal E. Wilkinson’s “Humming Back Yesterday,” these stories are linked by their juxtaposition of departures and returns, the familiar and the unknown, home and beyond. “The story of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is told and retold by a mixed but balanced chorus of voices that sings like the wind down the ridges and along the creekbeds.” —Appalachian Journal “Readers needn’t be from Kentucky to appreciate these stories . . . Prepare to be wowed by these superior examples of the form.” —The Bloomsbury Review “From Robert Penn Warren to Bobbie Ann Mason, Kentucky hatches writers like other states create tourist traps.” —The Nashville Tennessean “If you love Kentucky authors, this anthology of short stories is a must for your Kentucky collection.” —Bourbon Times
Download or read book Kentucky Stories written by Byron Crawford and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky Stories written by James Tandy Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky Straight written by Chris Offutt and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky straight is bourbon with no mixer. Kentucky Straight is Kentucky seen without nostalgic gloss. These riveting, often heartbreaking stories, take us through country that is unmapped. They are set in a nameless Appalachian community too small to be called a town, a place where wanting an education is a mark of ungodly arrogance and dowsing for water a legitimate occupation; where hunting is not a sport but a means of survival. These are stories of coal miners and backwoods medicine men, of gamblers and marijuana farmers, tales of real tragedy and unutterable strangeness that convey their sense of place so vividly that we feel its ground rise beneath our feet. Offutt has received a James Michener Grant and a Kentucky Arts Council Award.
Download or read book Local History in Kentucky Literature written by Otto Arthur Rothert and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky Stories written by Lucille Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded edition of KENTUCKY STORIES. Contains the texts of both "Kentucky Stories" and "What Al Told Me Concerning Mazie." Includes catalogue of author's publications.
Download or read book Murder in Old Kentucky written by Keven McQueen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky—land of bluegrass, horse racing, bourbon, and . . . murder. In Murder in Old Kentucky: True Crime Stories from the Bluegrass, Keven McQueen recounts dark and disturbing tales from the pages of Kentucky history, including the 1825 murder of Col. Solomon Sharp—a sordid affair that inspired Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Penn Warren—and the 1881 Ashland Tragedy, a heartbreaking murder of three innocent teenagers. This revised and expanded edition includes the story of a family terrorized by an arsonist who massacred eleven of their members and burned the property of even more, the tale of a husband and wife found shot in each other's arms with a life-sized photo of another man between them, and many more deaths that made headlines. Meticulously researched and written with McQueen's trademark humor, Murder in Old Kentucky will captivate any fan of true crime or Kentucky history.
Download or read book Stories of Old Kentucky Classic Reprint written by Martha Grassham Purcell and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories of Old Kentucky To be easily assimilated, our mental food, like our physical food, should be carefully chosen and attractively served. The history of the "Dark and Bloody Ground" teems with adventure and patriotism. Its pages are filled with the great achievements, the heroic deeds, and the inspiring examples of the explorers, the settlers, and the founders of our state. In the belief that a knowledge of their struggles and conquests is food that is both instructive and inspiring, and with a knowledge that a text on history does not always attract, the author sets before the youth of Kentucky these stories of some of her great men. This book is intended as both a supplementary reader and a text, for, though in story form, the chapters are arranged chronologically, and every fact recorded has been verified. Thanks are due to the many friend who have granted access to papers of historical value, to many others who have assisted in making this book a reality, and especially to my husband, Dr. Clyde Edison Purcell, for his valuable suggestions, careful criticisms, and untiring cooperation. 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.
