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" From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing number of scholars of American place names.
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-Good reading for anyone interested in Kentucky history and folklore, and it whets the appetite for more.- -- Louisville Courier-Journal -A bonanza for historians, linguists, geographers, folklorists, genealogists and people who are simply nuts about names.- -- Appalachian Newsletter "Good reading for anyone interested in Kentucky history and folklore, and it whets the appetite for more." -- Louisville Courier-Journal "A bonanza for historians, linguists, geographers, folklorists, genealogists and people who are simply nuts about names." -- Appalachian Newsletter "Good reading for anyone interested in Kentucky history and folklore, and it whets the appetite for more." -- "Louisville Courier-Journal" "A bonanza for historians, linguists, geographers, folklorists, genealogists and people who are simply nuts about names." -- "Appalachian Newsletter"
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Kentucky place names
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University Press of Kentucky, 1984
ISBN 10: 0813115035
ISBN 13: 9780813115030
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Kentucky place names
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KENTUCKY PLACE NAMES. (AUTOGRAPHED WITH TWO ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS)
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University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, 1984
ISBN 10: 0813115035
ISBN 13: 9780813115030
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Presentation copy: "To . And . With my very best wishes to former plc collegues. Robert M. Rennick." (Signed on the half title page). Original color photographs of the author with the two persons to whom the book is inscribed are taped to the half-title and the title page. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. The dust jacket has small closed tears as well as some creasing and rubbing. Very good + condition in a very good dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; 8vo.; xxiv, 375 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 41121