Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy. By Roger Pickenpaugh. (2013. Pp. 320. $49.95. Hardcover. Lexington: University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0380. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/) ISBN: 978-0817317836. A follow-up to Pickenpaugh’s earlier publication, Captives in Gray: The Civil War Prisons of the Union (2008), this book uses soldier diaries, newspaper …
Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community. By Douglas A. Boyd. (2011. Pp. 220. $35.00. Hardcover. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington KY 40508-4008. www.kentuckypress.com) ISBN: 978-0-8131-3408-6. Review By: Mary Clay As a former resident of Craw (‘Craw’ or ‘The Bottom’ – we never called it ‘Crawfish …
Many-Storied House. By George Ella Lyon. (2013. Pp. 121. $19.95. Paper. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington KY 40508-4008. www.kentuckypress.com) ISBN: 978-0-8131-4261-6. In this newest title by award winning author, George Ella Lyon, readers are transported back through time and family memories by way of poetry. …
Stories of Accommodation and Audacity by Nora Rose Moosnick A new addition to the University Press of Kentucky Oral History Series, Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity reflects the not-so-hidden diversity in the state, and also illustrates the power of oral history to document the …
Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852. James C. Klotter and Daniel Rowland, eds. (2012. Pp. 400. $40.00. Cloth. To purchase, order from Hopkins Fulfillment Service, P.O. Box 50370, Baltimore, MD 21211-4370; 1-800-537-5487 or 410-516-6956; Fax: 410-516-6998, or online at www.kentuckypress.com) Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture …