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Author | : Martin F. Schmidt |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813165210 |
Kentucky Illustrated brings together a substantial portion of the pictorial scenes published during Kentucky's first century, many of them rare prints reproduced here for the first time since their original publication. From the frontier days of Daniel and Squire Boone to the rise of the railroads that opened the state to visitors who toured its landmarks and bathed in its springs, more than two hundred views offer a picture of Kentucky's growth and civilization. Until the 1890s, Kentucky was sketched in the words of adventurers, travelers, and journalists, but all most Americans knew of the face of Kentucky was the occasional engraving that appeared in popular publications such as Harper's Weekly and Scribner's Monthly. The camera was not widely used and photographs could not yet be reproduced for mass distribution, so each illustration was captured by an artist and translated by an engraver before it reached the imagination of the viewer. Readers will enjoy chapters on the frontier, the Civil War, education and religion, urban and rural life, making a living, the natural world, and roads, rivers, and rails. State historian James C. Klotter provides an overview of Kentucky history that enhances the illustrations, and Joe Nickell's description of early print methods allows readers to appreciate fully the art form as it was practiced in the nineteenth century. Captions include both historical background and information on artists, lithographers, and printers. This handsome collection of rare early views will delight all Kentuckians as well as historians, teachers, librarians, and students.
Author | : Ronald L. Jones |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 2005-03-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0813137209 |
Plant Life of Kentucky is the first comprehensive guide to all the ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of the state. This long-awaited work provides identification keys for Kentucky's 2,600 native and naturalized vascular plants, with notes on wildlife/human uses, poisonous plants, and medicinal herbs. The common name, flowering period, habitat, distribution, rarity, and wetland status are given for each species, and about 80 percent are illustrated with line drawings. The inclusion of 250 additional species from outside the state (these species are "to be expected" in Kentucky) broadens the regional coverage, and most plants occurring from northern Alabama to southern Ohio to the Mississippi River (an area of wide similarity in flora) are examined, including nearly all the plants of western and central Tennessee. The author also describes prehistoric and historical changes in the flora, natural regions and plant communities, significant botanists, current threats to plant life, and a plan for future studies. Plant Life of Kentucky is intended as a research tool for professionals in biology and related fields, and as a resource for students, amateur naturalists, and others interested in understanding and preserving our rich botanical heritage.
Author | : Greg Abernathy |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-01-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0813168678 |
Photographs and text examine the species of plants and animals native to Kentucky, exploring glades, prairies, forests, wetlands, rivers, and caves, and discussing the state's conservation efforts to preserve native species and ecosystems.
Author | : McClurg, Firm, Booksellers, Chicago |
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Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1897 |
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Author | : David Ross Locke |
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Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1888 |
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Author | : Willard Rouse Jillson |
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Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1916 |
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Author | : Francis Perego Harper |
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Total Pages | : 876 |
Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : Kentucky Historical Society |
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Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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Author | : William Delbert Funkhouser |
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Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Kentucky |
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A brief presentation of the paleontological succession in Kentucky with an outline of the archaeology of the Commonwealth.