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Richard Taylor
Three Kentucky Tragedies

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Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson’s nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825. Taylor mixes history with good storytelling and a look at how human shortcomings sometimes lead to ruin.

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Richard Taylor is professor of English and Kenan Visiting Writer at Transylvania University. A former Poet Laureate of Kentucky, he is the author of many books, including Earth Bones.

Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 64 ● ISBN 9780813138084 ● File size 0.7 MB ● Publisher The University Press of Kentucky ● City Lexington ● Country US ● Published 1991 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2712604 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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