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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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Slender IS THE Thread; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Country Lawyers; 2. Slender Is the Thread; 3. The Ultimate Judge; 4. The Courts of the Squires; 5. Order in the Court!; 6. The Little Kingdom; 7. Politics Kentucky Style; 8. Buried Alive; 9. Immigrants in the Mines; 10. A Man of Honor; 11. Old Carl Brought Him Out; 12. Lawyers for the People.

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