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Kentucky Illustrated the First Hundred Years.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813165219
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F452 .K468 2015
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Contents:
Subject: Kentucky Illustrated brings together a substantial portion of the pictorial scenes published during Kentucky's first century, many of them rare prints reproduced here for the first time since their original publication. From the frontier days of Daniel and Squire Boone to the rise of the railroads that opened the state to visitors who toured its landmarks and bathed in its springs, more than two hundred views offer a picture of Kentucky's growth and civilization. Until the 1890s, Kentucky was sketched in the words of adventurers, travelers, and journalists, but all most Americans knew of the f.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction F452 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn900344925

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Techniques of Printed Illustration; 1. The Frontier Years; 2. The Natural World; 3. Making a Living; 4. Roads, Rivers, and Rails; 5. Religion and Education; 6. The Civil War; 7. The Rural and Urban Landscape; Sources.

Kentucky Illustrated brings together a substantial portion of the pictorial scenes published during Kentucky's first century, many of them rare prints reproduced here for the first time since their original publication. From the frontier days of Daniel and Squire Boone to the rise of the railroads that opened the state to visitors who toured its landmarks and bathed in its springs, more than two hundred views offer a picture of Kentucky's growth and civilization. Until the 1890s, Kentucky was sketched in the words of adventurers, travelers, and journalists, but all most Americans knew of the f.

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