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Luke Pryor Blackburn

Author : Nancy Disher Baird
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813189071
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Luke Pryor Blackburn written by Nancy Disher Baird and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly epidemics of yellow fever and Asiatic cholera plagued the South throughout the nineteenth century, yet doctors had few effective weapons against the diseases. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Kentucky-born physician, worked with more success than most to save the lives of those who were stricken and to prevent the spread of infection. He aided towns throughout Kentucky and the Deep South where resident doctors had fled or had fallen ill themselves. Blackburn's reputation as a humanitarian soared following his aid to Western Kentucky during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. A year later he was easily elected governor of Kentucky in spite of his political inexperience and the revelation that he had practiced germ warfare during the Civil War. While in office, he sought prison reform and the relief of the unbelievable overcrowding at the state penitentiary, pardoning hundreds of inmates and drawing bitter criticism from across the Commonwealth. Yet his continued efforts to improve prison conditions set Kentucky on the slow road to penal reform. His contemporaries labeled Blackburn a philanthropist, a mass-murderer, a good Samaritan, and an "old loon." Nancy Disher Baird portrays him as a man who stood by his convictions, whether they required strict enforcement of innovative public health measures or unpopular expenditures on behalf of convicts.

Luke Pryor Blackburn

Author : Nancy Disher Baird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783758176
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book Luke Pryor Blackburn written by Nancy Disher Baird and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

Author : J. Michael Martinez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442203242
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Terrorist Attacks on American Soil written by J. Michael Martinez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. Instead, this book takes a representative sampling of the most horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in an effort to understand the context in which they occurred and the lessons that can be learned from these events.

I've Got a Home in Glory Land

Author : Karolyn Smardz Frost
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466806125
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book I've Got a Home in Glory Land written by Karolyn Smardz Frost and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring—and successful—daylight escape from Louisville. But they were discovered by slave catchers in Michigan and slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause. The Blackburn Riot of 1833 was the first racial uprising in Detroit history. The couple was spirited across the river to Canada, but their safety proved illusory. In June 1833, Michigan's governor demanded their extradition. The Blackburn case was the first serious legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad. The impassioned defense of the Blackburns by Canada's lieutenant governor set precedents for all future fugitive-slave cases. The Blackburns settled in Toronto and founded the city's first taxi business. But they never forgot the millions who still suffered in slavery. Working with prominent abolitionists, Thornton and Lucie made their home a haven for runaways. The Blackburns died in the 1890s, and their fascinating tale was lost to history. Lost, that is, until a chance archaeological discovery in a downtown Toronto school yard brought the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn again to light.

The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy

Author : H. Leon Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476668906
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy written by H. Leon Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would risk his own life and career to bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. To carry out his mission, he would need some accomplices. Tracing the plans and movements of the conspirators, this thoroughly researched history describes in detail the yellow fever plot of 1864-1865.

A New History of Kentucky

Author : James C. Klotter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813176514
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book A New History of Kentucky written by James C. Klotter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When originally published, A New History of Kentucky provided a comprehensive study of the Commonwealth, bringing it to life by revealing the many faces, deep traditions, and historical milestones of the state. With new discoveries and findings, the narrative continues to evolve, and so does the telling of Kentucky's rich history. In this second edition, authors James C. Klotter and Craig Thompson Friend provide significantly revised content with updated material on gender politics, African American history, and cultural history. This wide-ranging volume includes a full overview of the state and its economic, educational, environmental, racial, and religious histories. At its essence, Kentucky's story is about its people—not just the notable and prominent figures but also lesser-known and sometimes overlooked personalities. The human spirit unfolds through the lives of individuals such as Shawnee peace chief Nonhelema Hokolesqua and suffrage leader Madge Breckinridge, early land promoter John Filson, author Wendell Berry, and Iwo Jima flag–raiser Private Franklin Sousley. They lived on a landscape defined by its topography as much as its political boundaries, from Appalachia in the east to the Jackson Purchase in the west, and from the Walker Line that forms the Commonwealth's southern boundary to the Ohio River that shapes its northern boundary. Along the journey are traces of Kentucky's past—its literary and musical traditions, its state-level and national political leadership, and its basketball and bourbon. Yet this volume also faces forthrightly the Commonwealth's blemishes—the displacement of Native Americans, African American enslavement, the legacy of violence, and failures to address poverty and poor health. A New History of Kentucky ranges throughout all parts of the Commonwealth to explore its special meaning to those who have called it home. It is a broadly interpretive, all-encompassing narrative that tells Kentucky's complex, extensive, and ever-changing story.

The Confederate Dirty War

Author : Jane Singer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786419733
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Confederate Dirty War written by Jane Singer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They echo modern headlines--a shadowy underground organization orchestrating plans to bring down the government; bands of saboteurs slipping in from Canada to attempt coordinated acts of destruction; plans to poison water supplies and spread deadly diseases among the urban populace--but these and similar incidents were part of a Confederate strategy to wreak "terror and consternation" upon the North during the Civil War. Elements within the Confederacy, acting officially or otherwise, developed--and attempted--numerous plans to inflict terror and death upon the Union populace and bring down the government using a variety of unconventional means. These efforts are an overlooked and important aspect of the Confederate strategy during the Civil War. This is a history of Confederate efforts to terrorize, demoralize and defeat the North by attacking civilians and the government, using means outside the bounds of conventional warfare. It covers arsonists, "destructionists," engineers of chemical and biological weapons, bands of mobile operatives, and a variety of other singular individuals and those who opposed them. Chapters cover prominent events in the campaign, from the efforts of the Sons of Liberty--an underground society allied against the Union and brought down by one heroic spy--to attempts to destroy the White House and "decapitate" the government. Illustrations, photographs and relative documents are included, as is an appendix following the career of Confederate bomber W.S. Duepree, killed while setting one of his own mines. Notes, a bibliography and an index are included.

Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln

Author : Tony McMahon
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1805148907
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln written by Tony McMahon and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals how a member of the gang that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln went on to be a leading suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. It tells the gripping story of a celebrity American doctor in America’s Gilded Age who had a dark, murderous secret – he was linked to the two greatest crimes of the 19th century.

Kentucky Medical Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kentucky Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Basil Wilson Duke, CSA

Author : Gary R. Matthews
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813171776
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Basil Wilson Duke, CSA written by Gary R. Matthews and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2005-11-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the early twentieth century, Basil Wilson Duke had established himself as one of Kentucky's most popular storytellers, but unlike many other talented raconteurs, Duke was not merely a man of words. In Basil Wilson Duke, CSA, the first full-length biography of this distinguished American, Gary Robert Matthews offers keen insight into the challenges Duke faced before, during, and after the strife of the Civil War. As first lieutenant of General John Hunt Morgan's legendary band of Confederate raiders, Duke became Morgan's most trusted advisor and an integral contributor to his dramatic tactical successes. Duke was twice wounded in battle and was captured during a raid in Ohio in 1863. Held captive for over a year, Duke rejoined Morgan's cavalry in August 1864, only days before Morgan (who was Duke's brother-in-law) met his demise in Greeneville, Tennessee. Promoted to brigadier general and appointed commander of Morgan's men, he helped convince Jefferson Davis of the futility of continued resistance at the close of the war and was assigned to the force escorting Davis in his escape. Duke's life of action and achievement, however, did not end with the war. He wrote A History of Morgan's Cavalry, preserving for posterity the experiences of his fellow warriors, and covered for the Louisville Courier-Journal an 1875 horserace that would eventually be known as the first Kentucky Derby. He built a reputation as a skilled historical writer, and his interests led him to help found the Filson Historical Society in Louisville. Duke also applied his talents to public and political life. He opened a law office and was elected as a Democrat to the Kentucky House, where he served until 1870. Then applying his legal expertise and political connections at the state and national levels, Duke represented the powerful L&N Railroad as the company's chief lobbyist in the aftermath of the war and during the emotionally charged era of Reconstruction. Gary Robert Matthews's comprehensive study of the life of Basil Wilson Duke allows a great soldier and statesman to step out of the shadows of the past.

Intelligence in the Civil War (Annotated)

Author : U.S. CIA
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intelligence in the Civil War (Annotated) written by U.S. CIA and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederacy’s Secretary of State burned all the intelligence records he could find as federal troops entered Richmond in 1865. Union intelligence records were kept sealed in the National Archives until 1953! Here is a report by the U.S. CIA about intelligence gathering in the American Civil War. Read about the Richmond society woman who ran a spy ring in the Confederate capital. Read about intelligence operations by the Confederates in Europe. Read how freed slaves risked their lives for the Union cause. This short but fascinating compilation of secrets provides a compelling overview of the men and women who spied during America's bloodiest war. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

The North Star

Author : Julian Sher
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 1039000312
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The North Star written by Julian Sher and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE MAVIS GALLANT PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE J. W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZE • A riveting account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the unexpected ways Canadians were involved in every aspect of the American Civil War. Canadians have long taken pride in being on the “good side” of the American Civil War, serving as a haven for 30,000 escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. But dwelling in history's shadow is the much darker role Canada played in supporting the slave South and in fomenting the many plots against Lincoln. The North Star weaves together the different strands of several Canadians and a handful of Confederate agents in Canada as they all made their separate, fateful journeys into history. The book shines a spotlight on the stories of such intrepid figures as Anderson Abbott, Canada’s first Black doctor, who joined the Union Army; Emma Edmonds, the New Brunswick woman who disguised herself as a man to enlist as a Union nurse; and Edward P. Doherty, the Quebec man who led the hunt to track down Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. At the same time, the Canadian political and business elite were aiding the slave states. Toronto aristocrat George Taylor Denison III bankrolled Confederate operations and opened his mansion to their agents. The Catholic Church helped one of Booth’s accused accomplices hide out for months in the Quebec countryside. A leading financier in Montreal let Confederates launder money through his bank. Sher creates vivid portraits of places we thought we knew. Montreal was a sort of nineteenth-century Casablanca of the North: a hub for assassins, money-men, mercenaries and soldiers on the run. Toronto was a headquarters for Confederate plotters and gun-runners. The two largest hotels in the country became nests of Confederate spies. Meticulously researched and richly illustrated, The North Star is a sweeping tale that makes long-ago events leap off the page with a relevance to the present day.

The Papers of Andrew Johnson

Author : Andrew Johnson
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870499463
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book The Papers of Andrew Johnson written by Andrew Johnson and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The correspondence in this volume is related to Johnson's presidency during the Reconstruction Era, including the president's impeachment and the subsequent trial, which resulted in the Senate narrowly voting not to remove him from office.

The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy

Author : H. Leon Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147663100X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy written by H. Leon Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would risk his own life and career to bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. To carry out his mission, he would need some accomplices. Tracing the plans and movements of the conspirators, this thoroughly researched history describes in detail the yellow fever plot of 1864-1865.

True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics

Author : Berry Craig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232954
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics written by Berry Craig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that William Goebel of Kentucky remains the only state governor to be assassinated while in office? Or that Abraham Lincoln, now a favorite son of the Bluegrass State, garnered less than 1 percent of the state's vote in 1860? How about Matthew Lyon, the congressman who won reelection from a jail cell and once bit off the thumb of a voter during a brawl on the House floor? These are but three of the fascinating and little-known stories from Kentucky's political past found in True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics. Join longtime columnist Berry Craig as he shares tales of a time when votes could be bought with a drink and political differences were resolved with ten paces and a pistol.

The Ashland Tragedy

Author : E. Joe Castle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439671850
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book The Ashland Tragedy written by E. Joe Castle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime history recounts the notorious nineteenth-century murder of three Kentucky children and the shocking aftermath once arrests were made. On Christmas Eve 1881, a horrible crime shook the small town of Ashland, Kentucky, and captivated the entire nation. Three children were brutally murdered and their house set ablaze. Nothing in the small town’s past had prepared it for what followed. Three men were convicted of the crimes, and two were sentenced to death. But the murderers were protected by the governor’s untrained militia, which would eventually turn their guns on Ashland’s innocent citizens. Much of these events were recorded at the time by James Morgan Huff, founder of the Ashland Republican newspaper, in a booklet titled The Ashland Tragedy. Now author and Ashland native H.E. “Joe” Castle builds on Huff’s work to reveal the full, true story of one of the darkest chapters in the history of Kentucky.

Kentucky's Governors

Author : Lowell H. Harrison
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081318780X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Kentucky's Governors written by Lowell H. Harrison and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled and edited by Lowell H. Harrison, the essays in Kentucky's Governors profile every chief executive of the Bluegrass State from eighteenth-century governor Isaac Shelby to Ernie Fletcher. First published in 1985, this edition of Kentucky's Governors is expanded and revised to include governors Wilkinson, Jones, Patton, and Fletcher, as well as new information on respected figures such as Louie B. Nunn. An introduction by Kentucky's historian laureate, Thomas D. Clark, provides key insights into successive governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in political debates and policy formation. Following Clark's overview, each chapter presents significant biographical information while detailing the campaign, election, achievements, strengths, and weaknesses of each governor. To aid in further research, each contributor lists several suggested sources, both primary and secondary, for additional investigation into the lives and careers of Kentucky's leaders. A thorough index is also included to facilitate reference within this updated and revised edition. The profiles in Kentucky's Governors give insights into each leader's engagements with economic development, education, agriculture, and taxes, issues that have helped define two hundred years of history in the Bluegrass State.