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Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Out-doors in Old Kentucky - Softcover

Fox, John

 
9780813108209: Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Out-doors in Old Kentucky
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0813108209 ISBN 13: 9780813108209
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1994

Synopsis

Serving as tour guide, Fox invites his audience to go with him log rafting down the Kentucky River, bass fishing in the Cumberland Mountains, rabbit hunting in the Bluegrass, and chasing outlaws in the border country of Kentucky and Virginia. Along the route we meet Old South colonels and their ladies, lawless moonshiners and their shy daughters, bloodthirsty preachers, and educated young gentlemen visitors who explore the southern mountains for fun and profit. These sketches offer a delightful blend of macho adventure and sage observation by an erudite young writer who had lived in the two worlds that provide his subject matter-the elegant society of the Bluegrass aristocracy and the hardscrabble feuding clans of mountaineers.

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About the Author

John Fox Jr. (1863-1919), author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, and many other books, remains one of Kentucky best-known and most popular writers.

From the Back Cover

John Fox, Jr., was born in the Kentucky Bluegrass region but moved to the mountains at the end of the nineteenth century, in an era when the outside worlds was beginning to break through the mountain barriers to exploit the rich timber and mineral resources of the area.

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Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813108209
ISBN 13 
9780813108209
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
324