Fiction

ISBN: 9780813167947
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Everyone thought Stoner's Boy was dead. Seckatary Hawkins and the other boys saw him take that terrible fall into the cliff cave abyss. But the masked marauder known as the Gray Ghost is back -- running the river and causing mischief... or is he? ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813167916
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Mr. Stoner is bad, and it seems his son is turning out just the same. Masked and dressed all in gray, Stoner's Boy moves like a ghost up and down the river, stealing and causing mischief. Seckatary Hawkins and his club have crossed this dangerous ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822964223
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
Vasily Sleptsov was a Russian social activist and writer during the politically charged 1860s, known as the "era of great reforms," and marked by Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs and the relaxation lifting of censorship. Popular in his day... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822944676
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize
WINNER OF THE 2016 DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE Winner of the 2017 California Book Awards, first fiction category Many of these richly layered stories juxtapose the miracles of modern medicine against the inescapable frustrations of everyday life... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813168180
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor -- and the Cookie Monster -- for salvation and sanctuary as his life begins to unravel. A man seeking to save his estranged, drug-addicted brother from the city's underbelly confronts his own mortality.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813168258
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care. Noted folklorist and oral historian William Lynwood Montell collects nearly two... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813168234
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813168265
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Following the success of his collections of stories from funeral directors, schoolteachers, doctors, and lawyers, folklorist William Lynwood Montell presents a new volume of tales from Kentucky sheriffs. Montell collected stories from all areas of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813168227
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In Tales from Kentucky Doctors, noted oral historian William Lynwood Montell has assembled a fascinating collection of memoirs from Kentucky's medical providers. Ranging from humorous to heartwarming to tragic, the stories presented in Tales from... .... Learn More