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Catalogue—Kentucky Titles

The History Press publishes high-quality history and heritage titles with a strong regional base. Our books help to revive and preserve the past in various regions throughout the United States, and we strive to make these histories accessible and available to a wide audience.

 

Forgotten Tales of Kentucky
Keven McQueen
Illustrations by Klye McQueen
 Read about the day it rained amphibians in Louisville, hunts for buried treasure, unidentified flying people, remnants of a vanished race of giants, Owensboro’s own Loch Ness Monster—and can there really be catacombs beneath the streets of Lexington? Feed your curiosity and discover the Forgotten Tales of Kentucky.

978-1-59629-534-6
160 pp.
$14.99
Over 20 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2008
Kentucky Book of the Dead
Keven McQueen

 Author Keven McQueen dissects some of Kentucky’s more bizarre aspects of death, pulled directly from the history pages. Discover the reaper’s creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville and find out more than you wanted to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques. You will find it quite engrossing…and just plain gross.

978-1-59629-524-7
144 pp.
$14.99
Over 30 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
July 2008
Louisville & the Civil War: A History & Guide
Bryan S. Bush

 On March 9, 1864, Grant met with Sherman at the Galt House to discuss the spring campaign. Grant would take on Robert E. Lee, and Sherman would march to the sea. Learn how a thriving antebellum city became a crucial outpost for the Union army while its citizens were besieged with constant fear of guerilla warfare and swift Rebel vengeance.

978-1-59629-554-4
128 pp.
$17.99
Over 50 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2008
True Bluegrass Stories: History from the Heart of Kentucky
Tom Stephens

 In this fast-paced collection, Stephens delivers a captivating glimpse into Kentucky’s renowned Bluegrass region. Hide away in the stockades and stations of the pioneers, discover Abraham Lincoln’s Lexington retreat, face off in a duel as Henry Clay did, consume the potent origins of Kentucky bourbon and sober up with the Shakers.

978-1-59629-545-2
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
August 2008
Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City
Dr. Thomas Barker, Dr. Gary W. Potter
& Jenna Meglen
 Eastern Kentucky University Professors Gary Potter and Thomas Barker, both experts on organized crime, along with Jenna Meglen, offer up a captivating chronicle of Newport’s criminal development, complete with thought-provoking assessments of the possible advantages that organized crime brought to the city commonly considered to be Las Vegas’s predecessor.

978-1-59629-549-0
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 45 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
October 2008