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Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825. Taylor mixes his...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Taylor, Richard, 1941-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1991.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Readers for new literates.
Readers.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Readers.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabetises.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Histoire.
Kentucky > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825. Taylor mixes history with good storytelling and a look at how human shortcomings sometimes lead to ruin.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (64 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813136356

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