Kentucky

Book Review: The Rail Splitter by John Cribb

The Rail Splitter is expertly researched, books like this should be the standard for historical fiction. One could learn a…

10 months ago

Fun Facts Friday: Allen Tate

Allen Tate (19 November, 1899 – 9 February, 1979) was a social commentator, poet, and Poet Laureate of the United…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Taking of Jemima Boone by Matthew Pearl

The Taking of Jemima Boone tells of how the kidnapping of Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone, by Native Americans,…

3 years ago

Book Review: A Shot in the Moonlight by Ben Montgomery

A freed slave, George Dinning, an honest, hardworking family man by all accounts. Mr. Dinning lives in Kentucky, the Jim…

3 years ago

Book Review: The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

Instead we get different view points of what made Mr. Hearn’s voice so memorable to his fans, through tales from…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren (24 April, 1905 – 15 September, 1989)) was an American novelist, critic, and poet laureate.

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1 February, 1902 – 22 May, 1967) was a poet, novelist, playwright & translator born in Missouri, and…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Shelby Foote

Shelby Foote (17 November, 1916 – 27 June, 2005) was an American historian and novelist known for his landmark work…

6 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb (23 June, 1876 – 11 March, 1944) was a prolific American humorist, columnist and author.

7 years ago

Book Review: When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna

On 17 December, 1862 Major-General Ulysses S. Grant issued his infamous General Order No. 11 expelling all Jews from his…

12 years ago

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