Three Rivers
A Kentucky Folk History
Will be published approx. on 10. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
293 pages
978-1-4766-9190-9 (ISBN)
Description
Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers. This book tells the stories of three of the most beautiful and historic: the Rolling Fork, the Nolin, and the Rough. Each is an unpredictable force of nature flowing through a land that varies from wide, sunny meadows to dark, rock-bound hollows.
Chapters describe the people who lived in the river valleys, including pioneers, frontier preachers, a future president, cave explorers, Confederate and Union soldiers, desperate killers, hardscrabble farmers, and inspired visionaries. Sometimes they were wasteful and violent and vain; at other times they were inventive and graceful and kind. Their descendants realized that survival had come to mean something new: living in harmony with the land and the rivers.
Chapters describe the people who lived in the river valleys, including pioneers, frontier preachers, a future president, cave explorers, Confederate and Union soldiers, desperate killers, hardscrabble farmers, and inspired visionaries. Sometimes they were wasteful and violent and vain; at other times they were inventive and graceful and kind. Their descendants realized that survival had come to mean something new: living in harmony with the land and the rivers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
11 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9190-9 (9781476691909)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments?vii
Preface?1
Part One-The Rolling Fork
Introduction?5
One. The Struggle Begins?7
Two. Trailblazers?12
Three. Whiskey and Salt?22
Four. The Catholics Arrive?27
Five. The Struggles of Thomas Lincoln?34
Six. Steamboats and Railroads?41
Seven. Thunder in the Valley?46
Eight. Struggling Just to Live?60
Nine. Too Dry, Then Too Wet?64
Ten. The Rolling Fork Today?71
Part Two-The Nolin River
Introduction?83
Eleven. The First People?85
Twelve. The River Gets a New Name?90
Thirteen. Devil on the Loose?96
Fourteen. Two Presidents, Two Fathers?103
Fifteen. The Remarkable Stephen?109
Sixteen. Blue and Gray on the Nolin?118
Seventeen. The Prosperous Years?129
Eighteen. Progress?139
Nineteen. Hard Times?145
Twenty. The Nolin Today?152
Part Three-Rough River
Introduction?159
-Twenty-One. The Legend of Spanish Fort?160
-Twenty-Two. Settlers and Speculators?163
-Twenty-Three. Murder at Pine Knob?174
-Twenty-Four. Falls of Rough?182
-Twenty-Five. The Price of War?189
-Twenty-Six. Confederates?200
-Twenty-Seven. Sinews of Steel?207
-Twenty-Eight. Dying Time?218
-Twenty-Nine. That High, Lonesome Sound?225
Thirty. Rough River Today?234
Chapter Notes?241
Bibliography and Note to Readers?259
Index?273
Acknowledgments?vii
Preface?1
Part One-The Rolling Fork
Introduction?5
One. The Struggle Begins?7
Two. Trailblazers?12
Three. Whiskey and Salt?22
Four. The Catholics Arrive?27
Five. The Struggles of Thomas Lincoln?34
Six. Steamboats and Railroads?41
Seven. Thunder in the Valley?46
Eight. Struggling Just to Live?60
Nine. Too Dry, Then Too Wet?64
Ten. The Rolling Fork Today?71
Part Two-The Nolin River
Introduction?83
Eleven. The First People?85
Twelve. The River Gets a New Name?90
Thirteen. Devil on the Loose?96
Fourteen. Two Presidents, Two Fathers?103
Fifteen. The Remarkable Stephen?109
Sixteen. Blue and Gray on the Nolin?118
Seventeen. The Prosperous Years?129
Eighteen. Progress?139
Nineteen. Hard Times?145
Twenty. The Nolin Today?152
Part Three-Rough River
Introduction?159
-Twenty-One. The Legend of Spanish Fort?160
-Twenty-Two. Settlers and Speculators?163
-Twenty-Three. Murder at Pine Knob?174
-Twenty-Four. Falls of Rough?182
-Twenty-Five. The Price of War?189
-Twenty-Six. Confederates?200
-Twenty-Seven. Sinews of Steel?207
-Twenty-Eight. Dying Time?218
-Twenty-Nine. That High, Lonesome Sound?225
Thirty. Rough River Today?234
Chapter Notes?241
Bibliography and Note to Readers?259
Index?273