A paranormal investigator and Old Louisville resident explores chilling reports of hauntings among the historic homes of the National Preservation District.
The Vietnam War has been analyzed, dissected, and debated from multiple perspectives for decades, but domestic considerations-such as partisan politics and election-year maneuvering-are often overlooked as determining factors in the evolution and outcome of America's longest war.
In light of recent controversies and legal actions related to America's treatment of enemy prisoners in the Middle East and Guantanamo Bay, the regulation of government during wartime has become a volatile issue on the global scene.
The award-winning author of Kentucky Marine "e;has crafted an excellent account of how World War I impacted Kentucky socially, economically, and politically"e; (Journal of America's Military Past).
An in-depth study of the secret communications that led to unprecedented thaw between Cold War superpowers-"e;quite gripping [and] wonderfully revealing"e; (Jeremi Suri, author of Liberty's Surest Guardian).
Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and unremitting, back-breaking labor, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days.
The naval historian presents a "e;well-written, fast-paced"e; study of Civil War riverine combat based on the personal accounts of officers and sailors (Civil War News).
Once confined solely to literature and film, science fiction has emerged to become a firmly established, and wildly popular, television genre over the last half century.
History, lore, and over fifty recipes in a "e;compulsively readable book about a classic American cocktail"e; (Susan Reigler, author of Kentucky Bourbon Country).
History, lore, and over fifty recipes in a "e;compulsively readable book about a classic American cocktail"e; (Susan Reigler, author of Kentucky Bourbon Country).
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "e;have no lawful right"e; to interfere with the institution of slavery.
In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubles-everything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whites-sprang from the bottles of "e;demon rum"e; regularly consumed in the South.
American religious histories have often focused on the poisoned relations between Catholics and Protestants during the colonial period or on the virulent anti-Catholicism and nativism of the mid- to late nineteenth century.
A "e;well researched and vigorously written"e; account of social activism, radical politics, and the failed War on Poverty in 1960s Appalachia (Journal of American History).
Between the epic battles of 1862 and the grueling and violent military campaigns that would follow, the year 1863 was oddly quiet for the Confederate state of Virginia.
Despite its significance in world and American history, the World War I era is seldom identified as a turning point in southern history, as it failed to trigger substantial economic, political, or social change in the South.
A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840-1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a southern woman sympathetic to the Union.
The "e;captivating"e; true story of the notorious Gilded Age madam who inspired the Belle Watling character in Gone with the Wind (The Wall Street Journal).
