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This is probably one of the RAREST and MOST VALUABLE set of books on KENTUCKY families. This set was originally produced in 10 volumes, all of which have been reprinted by S.H.P., Inc. at one point in time. The biographical sketches of individuals and their families in this book go back into the early to mid 1700's. This volume contains 385 biographical sketches of individuals from the following counties: Anderson, Franklin, Jessamine, and Woodford....
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Ree Drummond expands on her blog memoir to reveal even more funny, embarrassing, touching, and inspiring moments she's never before shared. She writes candidly of how she coped with the reality of living in the heart of the country, miles away from a real grocery store, and how she came to terms with the life and love she chose. With her trademark humor and warmth, hers is the universal story of a young woman's transition from whimsical youth to full...
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"One journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the extraordinary access they gave her to share the story of their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper...
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In this "the only authorized biography of Michael Dale Huckabee, Scott Lamb reaches into the vaults of Huckabee's past to show us the man behind the politician. With access to personal and professional files, including dozens of exclusive interviews with family and friends, Lamb presents the definitive story of one of the most influential figures of our time"--Page 4 of cover.
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"From the award-winning author of "Down from the Mountain," a personal reckoning with inheritance, history, and one gun's role in the violence that shaped the American West--and a transformative, healing call to grow a better tomorrow"--
Son of a pacifist and conscientious objector, Andrews moved from Seattle to Montana to tend livestock and the land as a cowboy. When Andrews inherited his grandfather's Smith & Wesson revolver, he felt the weight...
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"The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the oddballs and obsessives who helped bring it to life over the past century"--
The conception and building of the Appalachian Trail is a story of the unforgettable characters who explored it, defined it, and captured national attention by hiking it. D'Anieri provides backstories for the...
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Judy Bolton-Fasman recounts the search for answers to the mysteries embedded in the lives of her Cuban-born mother, Matilde Alboukrek Bolton and her elusive, Yale-educated father, K. Harold Bolton. In the opening chapter, Judy receives a thick letter from her father and conjectures that the contents will reveal the long hidden explanations, confessions, and secrets that will unlock her father's cryptic past. Just as she is about to open the portal...
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Stories of the Florida frontier from early territorial days ito the 20th century written by a former governor of the state.
"Here are lusty stories of the Florida frontier from early territorial days. Stories of love, hate, murder, adventure, tragedy and triumph, when men and women had to overcome not only conflicts with other people but with a nature that was raw and violent. Some of the stories extend on down to the movement of Florida into the...
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"The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead-and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them. This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they're mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It's the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after...
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"For more than two centuries, E pluribus unum-"Out of many, one"--Has been featured on America's official government seals and stamped on its currency. But what unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? Simon Winchester follows the footsteps of America's most crucial innovators, thinkers and explorers, from Lewis and Clark, to the builders of the first transcontinental railroad and the curmudgeonly civil...
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"When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor seemed destined to become inseparable. The boys, both children of college professors, grew up on the same street in intellectually vibrant homes shaped by ideas, liberal Jewish culture, the trauma of the Holocaust, and a shared love of basketball and standup comedy. But the two best friends were also keen competitors bearing the same great expectations, and when Michael...
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