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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1987]
Subjects:
Law > Kentucky > Letcher County > Anecdotes.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Law
Manners and customs
Letcher County (Ky.) > Anecdotes.
Letcher County (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Kentucky > Letcher County
Anecdotes
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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