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In a supplement to his The American Language, H.L. Mencken encapsulated the early history of Kentucky: ""What is now Kentucky was the first region beyond the mountains to be settled. Pioneers began to invade it before the Revolution, and by 1782 it had more than 30,000 population. It was o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1987]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Law.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Law > Kentucky > Letcher County > Anecdotes.
Kentucky > Letcher County.
Letcher County (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Letcher County (Ky.) > Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In a supplement to his The American Language, H.L. Mencken encapsulated the early history of Kentucky: ""What is now Kentucky was the first region beyond the mountains to be settled. Pioneers began to invade it before the Revolution, and by 1782 it had more than 30,000 population. It was originally a part of Virginia, and the effort to organize it as an independent state took a great deal of politicking.""Kentuckian and lawyer Harry M. Caudill grew up in the coal fields of Letcher County. His book Slender is the Thread reflects the history of a state whose citizens had to labor for t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780813146393

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