Heroes and Horses : Tales of the Bluegrass /

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War hero. Lawyer. U.S. Senate candidate. Horse lover. Farm boy. Fundraiser. To this impressive list add one more role ably filled by Philip Ardery: master storyteller. Heroes and Horses presents a series of delightful vignettes evoking a way of life almost beyond recall. Bourbon County, the touchsto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ardery, Philip, 1914- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Edición:Paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ardery, Philip, > 1914-
Manners and customs.
Horse farms.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Haras > Kentucky > Bourbon.
Horse farms > Kentucky > Bourbon County.
Kentucky > Bourbon County.
Kentucky > Bluegrass Region.
Bluegrass (Kent.) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Bourbon County (Ky.) > Biography.
Bluegrass Region (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Bourbon County (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:War hero. Lawyer. U.S. Senate candidate. Horse lover. Farm boy. Fundraiser. To this impressive list add one more role ably filled by Philip Ardery: master storyteller. Heroes and Horses presents a series of delightful vignettes evoking a way of life almost beyond recall. Bourbon County, the touchstone for Ardery's life, is the center that holds together the tales in the collection. Stories about Ardery's family home, ""Rocclicgan, "" boyhood activities on the farm, and the servants' kitchen gossip paint vivid portraits of a lost time in Kentucky's history. Though the Ardery family and most of th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (132 pages): illustrations, photographs
ISBN:9780813148601

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