Heroes and Horses Tales of the Bluegrass.
Ardery, Philip, 1914-
Heroes and Horses Tales of the Bluegrass. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1996. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; ONE: Rocclicgan; TWO: The Folks at Home; THREE: Bourbon County Boyhood; FOUR: Horse Country; FIVE: Ed Simms and Xalapa; SIX: Claiborne Farm; SEVEN: A Hero of World War I; EIGHT: Prich; NINE: Barton Stone and Cane Ridge; TEN: Cap'n; Epilogue
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.
9780813148601
Ardery, Philip.
Bluegrass Region (Ky.).
Bourbon County (Ky.).
Horse farms--Kentucky--Bourbon County.
Ardery, Philip 1914- Bluegrass Region (Ky.) Social life and customs Bourbon County (Ky.) Biography Bourbon County (Ky.) Social life and customs Horse farms Kentucky Bourbon County
Electronic Books.
F457 / .H476 1996
Heroes and Horses Tales of the Bluegrass. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1996. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; ONE: Rocclicgan; TWO: The Folks at Home; THREE: Bourbon County Boyhood; FOUR: Horse Country; FIVE: Ed Simms and Xalapa; SIX: Claiborne Farm; SEVEN: A Hero of World War I; EIGHT: Prich; NINE: Barton Stone and Cane Ridge; TEN: Cap'n; Epilogue
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.
9780813148601
Ardery, Philip.
Bluegrass Region (Ky.).
Bourbon County (Ky.).
Horse farms--Kentucky--Bourbon County.
Ardery, Philip 1914- Bluegrass Region (Ky.) Social life and customs Bourbon County (Ky.) Biography Bourbon County (Ky.) Social life and customs Horse farms Kentucky Bourbon County
Electronic Books.
F457 / .H476 1996