Thomas Clark A History OF Kentucky

Lopez, Barry Holstun; Lopez, Barry: The Rediscovery of North America, Lexington, Kentucky, USA University Press of Kentucky 1991
ISBN: 0813117429 Very Good

BE2 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition and a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan cloth covered boards with black lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front and back free endpaper, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very slight fading on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. This book is a title in the publisher's Thomas D. Clark Lectures series. An essay taken from the 1990 Thomas D. Clark Lecture by the author at the University of Kentucky. The author assesses Columbus' legacy, drawing a direct line between the atrocities of Spanish conquistadors and the ongoing pillage of the lands and waters of the Americas. The author goes on to propose an ethic that would make further depredations impossible. By the author of "Winter Count," "Arctic Dreams," and "Crow and Weasel." 54p. Very Good Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Ex-Library

[SW: Nonfiction Non-fiction Essay Essay American History American United States US History Discovery America Exploration America Discovery Americas Exploration Americas Columbus Christopher Dove Spanish Conquistadors Pillage Atrocity Atrocities 90-24487Exploration & Discovery Exploration & Discovery::Americas Exploration]

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Wood, George Twyman , George Davidson Todd & Thomas Page Grant ( Pub. Committee). SAR YEAR BOOK OF THE SOCIETY, (1896) SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY CONTAINING A ROLL OF THE OFFICERS OF THE VIRGINIA LINE WHO RECEIVED LAND BOUNTIES; A ROLL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS IN KENTUCKY; A List of the Illinois Regiment Who Served under George Rogers Clark in the Northwest Campaign. 1896.
Soiled and modestly worn gilt impressed blue and white cloth boards. Inked name & date ( 1896) on ffep. Penciled notes on rear ffep and inside rear board. Other notation beside 2 names on index. Tanned pages. ; 8vo; 286/index pages.

Hardcover, John P. Morton Co. ; Good+ with no dust jacket.

[SW: History: American Kentucky Sons Of Revolution SAR Military History Pensioners , Revolution George Rogers Clark Northwest campaign,]

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Clark, Thomas Dionysius: A History of Laurel County: An Account of the Emergence of a Frontier Kentucky Appalachian Community into a Modern Commercial-Industrial Rural-Urban Center, London, KY Laurel County Historical Society 1989
ISBN: B0006F474E Good+

Text with some marks and minor highlightings, though predominantly clean; else VG, with mild wear only. DJ worn at edges, but presenting decently in new, lined protective wrapper. Edition Unstated Good- Hard Cover Octavo

[SW: Laurel County Historical Society A history of Laurel County: An Account of the Emergence of a Frontier Kentucky Appalachian Community into a Modern Commercial-Industrial Rural-Urban CenterAmericana]

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Clark, Thomas D. KENTUCKY: Land of Contrast, NY Harper & Row 1968

A little creasing to extremities of dust jacket, now in fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . The history and contributions to American life of the state of Kentucky. Publisher's review slip laid in. A beautiful copy of the first edition, stated. . Regions of America Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 304 pages

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