Biography

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: 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: 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

ISBN: 9780813198507
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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9780813198330
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
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Born in Fallsburg, Kentucky, in a tenant house insulated with newspapers, Paul Patton had a humble upbringing that held few clues about his future as one of the most prominent politicians in the history of the state. From the coal mines of eastern... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813198231
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: American Warriors Series
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When one thinks of influential World War II military figures, five-star generals such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley instantly come to mind. As important as these central figures were to the Second World War, the conflict produced equall... .... Learn More