Memoir & Biography

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9780813199108
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Horses in History
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Horse shows used to draw crowds by the thousands to state fairs and venues like Madison Square Garden. And in the 1980s, no performance horse filled more arena seats than the American Saddlebred Sky Watch. He pushed the saddle seat industry to a p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819501097
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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First critical biography of this visionary artist written by a dance scholar.

Simone Forti, groundbreaking improvisor, has spent a lifetime weaving together the movement of her mind with the movement of her body to create a unique oeuvre ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819501103
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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First critical biography of this visionary artist written by a dance scholar.

Simone Forti, groundbreaking improvisor, has spent a lifetime weaving together the movement of her mind with the movement of her body to create a unique oeuvre ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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