Biography
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They Call Me Goose: My Life in Kentucky Basketball and Beyond [Hardback]
Jack Givens (Author); Doug Brunk (Other); Ralph E. Hacker (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780813198910
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Race and Sports
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When Jack "Goose" Givens first walked onto the basketball court at Lexington's Douglass Park for the legendary Dirt Bowl league, it was the beginning of one of the most illustrious sports careers in Kentucky history. After being named 1974's Mr. B... .... Learn More -
They Call Me Goose: My Life in Kentucky Basketball and Beyond [Paperback]
Jack Givens (Author); Doug Brunk (Other); Ralph E. Hacker (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813199375
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Race and Sports
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When Jack "Goose" Givens first walked onto the basketball court at Lexington's Douglass Park for the legendary Dirt Bowl league, it was the beginning of one of the most illustrious sports careers in Kentucky history. After being named 1974's Mr. B... .... Learn More -
Still Running: My Life as the First Black Football Player in the SEC [Paperback]
Nathaniel Northington (Author); Gerald L. Smith (Author); La Monte McNeese (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813198156
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Race and Sports
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More than fifty years ago, Nathaniel "Nate" Northington changed the face of sports as the first African American to play college football in the Southeastern Conference. When this trailblazing athlete stepped onto the field for the University of K... .... Learn More -
Still Running: My Life as the First Black Football Player in the SEC [Hardback]
Nathaniel Northington (Author); Gerald L. Smith (Author); La Monte McNeese (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780813198316
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Race and Sports
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More than fifty years ago, Nathaniel "Nate" Northington changed the face of sports as the first African American to play college football in the Southeastern Conference. When this trailblazing athlete stepped onto the field for the University of K... .... Learn More -
No Son of Mine: A Memoir [Hardback]
Jonathan Corcoran (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780813198514
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Appalachian Futures: Black, Native, and Queer Voices
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Born and raised in rural West Virginia, Jonathan Corcoran was the youngest and only son of three siblings in a family balanced on the precipice of poverty. His mother, a traditional, evangelical, and insular woman who had survived abuse and abando... .... Learn More -
Patton's Tactician: The War Diary of Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes [Hardback]
Geoffrey Keyes (Author); James W. Holsinger (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813198712
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
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Nineteen months after Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor and forced the United States to enter World War II, boats carrying the 7th US Army landed on the shores of southern Sicily. Dubbed Operation Husky, the campaign to establish an Allied foo... .... Learn More -
Yves Montand: The Passionate Voice [Hardback]
Joseph Harriss (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813198606
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
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Once described by the New York Times as "the quintessential French Romantic, half adventurer, half-intellectual," actor, singer, and political activist Yves Montand won the hearts of audiences around the world with a charisma and talent that trans... .... Learn More -
John Ford [Paperback]
Joseph McBride (Author); Michael Wilmington (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813198378
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
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Orson Welles was once asked which directors he most admired. He replied: "The old masters. By which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford." A legend in his own time, John Ford (1894–1973) received a record four Academy Awards for best directo... .... Learn More -
John Ford [Hardback]
Joseph McBride (Author); Michael Wilmington (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9780813198507
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Orson Welles was once asked which directors he most admired. He replied: "The old masters. By which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford." A legend in his own time, John Ford (1894–1973) received a record four Academy Awards for best directo... .... Learn More -
Gatewood: Kentucky's Uncommon Man [Hardback]
Matthew Strandmark (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780813198415
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
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When Louis Gatewood Galbraith passed away in 2012, a flood of tributes merely scratched the surface of this "colorful" and controversial figure. Throughout his life and political career, regional and national media outlets focused on the policy id... .... Learn More
