Kentucky Authors: Pe-Ph
Peachee, Carol
- Name(s)
- Carol Peachee
- Carol L. Peachee, LPCC
- Date of Birth
- Residence(s)
- Hollins, Virginia
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Berea, Madison County, Kentucky
- Education
- Master's in Counseling Psychology, Goddard College, 1987
- Bachelor's in Psychology, Hollins University, Hollins, Virginia, 1976
- Life Events
- Founded The Kentucky Women's Photography Network
- Served on the advisory board for the University of Kentucky Medical School's NIH grant for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- A founding member and past board president of WaysMeet Healing Arts Center
- Developed the Eye Am!! Creating Visual Memoir Through Photography program
- Awards and Recognitions
- An Innovative Program Award for Eye Am!! from the governor of Kentucky and the Association for the Prevention of Sexual Assault, 2016
- Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant for the Eye Am!! program, 2015
- Employment
- Fine Art Photographer, Carol Peachee Photography, Lexington, Kentucky, 2005-present
- Owner of The Center for Mindful Living Practices, 1994-present
- Professional Clinical Counselor, Lexington and Berea, Kentucky
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Mindfullness Counselor
- Photographer
The Birth of Bourbon: A Photographic Tour of Early Distilleries by ISBN: 9780813165547Publication Date: 2015-09-25Whiskey making has been an integral part of American history since frontier times. In Kentucky, early settlers brought stills to preserve grain, and they soon found that the limestone-filtered water and the unique climate of the scenic Bluegrass region made it an ideal place for the production of barrel-aged liquor. And so, bourbon whiskey was born. More than two hundred commercial distilleries were operating in Kentucky before Prohibition, but only sixty-one reopened after its repeal in 1933. As the popularity of America's native spirit increases worldwide, many historic distilleries are being renovated, refurbished, and brought back into operation. Unfortunately, these spaces, with their antique tools and aging architecture, are being dismantled to make way for modern structures and machinery. In The Birth of Bourbon, award-winning photographer Carol Peachee takes readers on an unforgettable tour of lost distilleries as well as facilities undergoing renewal, such as the famous Old Taylor and James E. Pepper distilleries in Lexington, Kentucky. This beautiful book also includes spaces that well-known brands, including Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, Four Roses, and Buffalo Trace, have preserved as a homage to their rich histories. Using a technique known as high-dynamic-range imaging -- a process that produces rich saturation, intensely clarified details, and a full spectrum of light -- Peachee reveals the vibrant life lingering in artifacts from worn cypress fermenting tubs to extravagant copper stills. This lavish celebration of bourbon's heritage will delight whiskey aficionados, history buffs, and art lovers alike.
Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass by ISBN: 9780253042743Publication Date: 2019-09-01From horses to tobacco to bourbon, the barn is at the heart of Kentucky's heritage and industry and is a staple of the Bluegrass landscape. In Kentucky Barns: Agricultural Heritage of the Bluegrass, Carol Peachee showcases the barns with exquisite photography. From elegant Thoroughbred farms to historical treasures like the 1803 stone barn of Runnymede Farm in Bourbon County, Peachee travels across the state to capture and preserve the diverse architecture, heritage, and design that make these structures special. A beautiful tribute to the legacy of the Bluegrass State, Kentucky Barns features nearly 400 full-color photos of both the interior and exterior of these beautiful and functional icons of American culture and industry.
Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide by ISBN: 9780813168067Publication Date: 2016-09-02Like wine lovers who dream of traveling to Bordeaux or beer enthusiasts with visions of the breweries of Belgium, bourbon lovers plan their pilgrimages to Kentucky's bourbon country. And what a country it is! Some of the most famous distilleries are tucked away in the scenic Bluegrass region stretching between Louisville, Bardstown, and Lexington. Locals and tourists alike seek out the world's finest whiskeys in Kentucky as interest in America's only native spirit continues to grow. In Kentucky Bourbon Country, Susan Reigler offers essential information and practical advice to anyone considering a trip to the state's distilleries or to the restaurants and bars on the Urban Bourbon Trail. Featuring 200 full-color photographs and a bourbon glossary, the book is organized by region and provides valuable details about the Bluegrass -- including attractions near each distillery and notes on restaurants, lodging, shopping, and seasonal events in Kentucky's beautiful historic towns. In addition to providing knowledge about each point of interest, Kentucky Bourbon Country weaves in little-known facts about the region's best-kept secrets, such as the historic distillery used as a set in the movie Stripes and the fates of used bourbon barrels. Whether you're interested in visiting the place where your favorite bourbon is made or hoping to discover exciting new varieties, this handy and practical guide is the key to enjoying the best of bourbon.
Straight Bourbon: Distilling the Industry Heritage by ISBN: 9780253029478Publication Date: 2017-09-04The story of bourbon production is a tale of American innovation, industry, and craft. Join photographer Carol Peachee on a visual journey from farm to bottle, with stunning images of the distilleries, farms, copper, brass, and steel works, cooperages and stave mills, and barrel warehouses that transform corn into liquid gold, while former Maker's Mark President Bill Samuels Jr. and whiskey historian Carolyn Brooks trace the impact of historical industries and production methods on the modern bourbon brand. From the ruins and rusted machinery of early distilleries to the flames of a modern barrel factory, 280 full-color photographs of Straight Bourbon offer a rare glimpse into the creation of America's native spirit.
Pearce, John Ed
- Name(s)
- John Ed Pearce
- Date of Birth
- Norton, Virginia
- Date of Death
- Residence(s)
- Norton, Virginia,
- Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky
- North Carolina
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Education
- Harvard Univeristy
- Columbia University
- B.A., University of Kentucky, 1937-
- Life Events
- Instrumental in establishing the Kentucky Oral History Commission, est. 1976
- Served in the United States Navy during World War Two, and retired from the Navy Reserve as commander in 1971
- Married Virginia Rutledge, divorced
- Married Jean McIntyre, divorced
- Awards and Recognitions
- Inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, 1986
- Named Outstanding Journalist by the Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi, 1985
- Shared in the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, won by the Courier-Journal, 1967
- Journalist of the Year by The Society of Professional Journalists
- Governors Medallion for Public Service in Conservation
- National Headliner Award
- Meeman Award
- National Bar Association Awards (3)
- Freedom Foundation Award
- Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University, 1957-1958
- Employment
- Editor and Writer, Louisville Courier-Journal
- Contributing columnist for the Lexington Herald Leader, 1900-2006
- Contributed columns to The New York Times
- Contributed columns to The Washington Post
- Editor, The Journal, Somerset, Kentucky
- Served in the United States Navy during World War Two, and retired from the Navy Reserve as a commander in 1971
- Worked for the University of Kentucky Press
- Waiter and Pari-Mutuel Clerk at Keeneland Race Course
- Worked in a Swift meat-packing plant before college
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Journalist
- Writer
- Along Kentucky Eighty byPublication Date: 1992VHS video; approx. 58 minutes. Travelogue along Kentucky Highway 80 from the Virginia Border to the Mississippi River. Written and presented by John Ed Pearce.
- The Colonel: The Captivating Biography of the Dynamic Founder of a Fast-Food Empire byISBN: 9780385181228Publication Date: 1982-04-01An affectionate, yet not uncritical, rags to riches biography of Colonel Harland Sanders - of the white hair, white goatee, and white suit whose picture adorns every barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken - a man who built a multi-million dollar food franchise out of Sanders Cafe and Service Station in Corbin, Kentucky.
Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky by ISBN: 9780813118741Publication Date: 1994-11-15"Among the darkest corners of Kentucky's past are the grisly feuds that tore apart the hills of Eastern Kentucky from the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth. Now, from the tangled threads of conflicting testimony, John Ed Pearce, Kentucky's best known journalist, weaves engrossing accounts of six of the most notorious accounts to uncover what really happened and why. His story of those days of darkness brings to light new evidence, questions commonly held beliefs about the feuds, and us and long-running feuds -- those in Breathitt, Clay Harlan, Perry, Pike, and Rowan counties. What caused the feuds that left Kentucky with its lingering reputation for violence? Who were the feudists, and what forces -- social, political, financial -- hurled them at each other? Did Big Jim Howard really kill Governor William Goebel? Did Joe Eversole die trying to protect small mountain landowners from ruthless Eastern mineral exploiters? Did the Hatfield-McCoy fight start over a hog? For years, Pearce has interviewed descendants of feuding families and examined skimpy court records and often fictional newspaper puts to rest some of the more popular legends.
Divide and Dissent: Kentucky Politics, 1930-1963 by ISBN: 9780813108049Publication Date: 1991-08-29Few men have been more important to the life of Kentucky than three of those who governed it between 1930 and 1963 -- Albert B. Chandler, Earle C. Clements, and Bert T. Combs. While reams of newspaper copy have been written about them, the historical record offers little to mark their roles in the drama of Kentucky and the nation. In this authoritative and sometimes intimate view of Bluegrass State politics and government at ground level, John Ed Pearce -- one of Kentucky's favorite writers -- helps fill this gap. In half a century as a close observer of Kentucky politics -- as reporter, editorial writer, and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal -- Pearce has seen the full spectacle. He watched "Happy" Chandler vault into national prominence with his flamboyant campaign style. He was shaken by Earle Clements for asking an awkward question. He joined in the laughter when a striptease artist was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel during the Combs administration. And he watched as the successive governors struggled to move the state forward, each in his own way. Yet this is more than a newsman's account of events. Pearce probes for the roots of the troubles that have slowed Kentucky's progress. He traces the divisions that have plagued the state for almost two centuries, divisions springing from the nature of Kentucky's beginnings. He studies the lack of leadership that has hampered the always dominant Democratic party and the bitter factionalism that has kept the party from developing a cohesive philosophy. When the candidate of one faction has taken office, he shows, the losing faction has usually made political hay by bolting to the opposition party or torpedoing the governor's efforts in the legislature instead of uniting behind a progressive party program. The outcome of such long-term factionalism is a state that must now run fast to catch up. Copyright, 1987.- John Ed Pearce: A Life in Journalism byPublication Date: 1997DVD; approx. 57 minutes. Journalist John Ed Pearce talks with Al Smith about his experiences with the Louisville Courier-Journal and in Kentucky government and politics.
- Memoirs: 50 Years at the Courier-Journal and Other Places byISBN: 9781891138263Publication Date: 1997Memoir; 299 pages.
- Mr. Cooper Says Farewell byPublication Date: 1972From The Courier-Journal & Times magazine, Sunday, 5 March 1972, by permission. Includes letter from author and reprint of original in Congressional Record, 21 March 1972. Microfiche (2 cds.).
- Nothing Better in the Market byPublication Date: 1970"Double golden 100[th] anniversary." 96 pages.
- The Ohio River byISBN: 9780813116938Publication Date: 1989-10-10Here -- in haunting words and pictures -- is the story of the river and of the people and places along its shores. From its birth at Pittsburgh in the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, the Ohio flows nearly a thousand miles, gathering the waters of its tributaries, carving a pathway through the land, giving rise to cities, forming the boundaries of five states, and finally emptying into the Mississippi to complete its journey to the sea. This powerful river shaped the history, the culture, and the character of those who followed the river's lure in the eighteenth century and those who make their homes beside it today. It was the first great pathway to the West, the trail of danger, the highway of hope. The Ohio today flows through the industrial heartland of the United States. Drawn by the power of this great river, writer John Ed Pearce and photographer Richard Nugent have traveled the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cairo and back, seeking out the scenes, the echoes of history, the rhythms of life for those who call the Ohio home. This book is the record of their discoveries -- on the river itself and in the villages and cities and farmlands that form it shores.
- On the Ohio with John Ed Pearce byPublication Date: 1987VHS video; approx. 58 minutes. John Ed Pearce explores the Ohio River and the quaint Kentucky towns that line its shores in an excursion designed to "give you a feel for the river and what it has meant and still means to Kentucky."
- Seasons: A Collection of Essays, Vignettes and Random Thoughts byPublication Date: 1983A collection of John Ed Pearce's columns that appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal. 195 pages.
- This Place Called Kentucky byISBN: 9780962408663Publication Date: 1994-11-01Photography by Dan Dry; essays by John Ed Pearce; 138 pages.
- What Ever Happened to Charile Farnsley? byPublication Date: 1972Microfiche (negative). From the Courier-Journal and Times Magazine, Sunday, December 31, 1972. Includes letters of comment by readers in issue of 28 January 1973, p. 8-9.
- John Ed Pearce Oral History ProjectCurated by the University of Kentucky, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Project includes 8 separate interviews recorded in 1995 and 1996. Summary, "John Ed Pearce, a writer known for his editorials and books about Kentucky, discusses his life and work. Topics include Pearce's family history, childhood during the Depression, and college years at the University of Kentucky. Also discussed is Pearce's service in the Navy during World War II, his job as an editorial writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal, and his opinions of Kentucky political figures such as Earle C. Clements, Wilson Wyatt, and Bert T. Combs."
Conversations with Kentucky Writers II by Publication Date: 1999First published in 1999. In this sequel to Conversations with Kentucky Writers, L. Elisabeth Beattie brings together in-depth interviews with sixteen of the state's premiere wordsmiths. This new volume offers the perspectives of poets, journalists, and scholars as they discuss their views on creativity, the teaching of writing, and the importance of Kentucky in their work. They talk frankly about how and why they do what they do. The writers speak for themselves, and their thoughts come alive on the page. Beattie's interviews reveal the allegiances and alliances among Kentucky writers that have shaped literary trends by bringing together people with shared interests, values, subjects, and styles. The interviewees include authors who are captivated in other writers and in what they have to say about the process and craft of writing; educators who are interested in Kentucky writers and what their work reveals about the nature of creativity; and historians who are concerned with Kentucky's literary and cultural heritage. The interviews reveal patterns in Kentucky literature from mid-century to the millennium, as authors talk about how their sense of place has changed over the decades and reveal the ways in which the roots of Kentucky writing have produced a literary flowering at the century's end. Includes: Sallie Bingham, Joy Bale Boone, Thomas D. Clark, John Egerton, Sarah Gorham, Lynwood Montell, Maureen Morehead, John Ed Pearce, Ameilia Blossom Pegram, Karen Robards, Jeffrey Skinner, Frederick Smock, Frank Steele, Martha Bennett Stiles, Richard Taylor, and Michael Williams.
Pegram, Amelia Blossom
Photo: Arts and Literature Award
- Name(s)
- Amelia Blossom Pegram
- Amelia House
- Date of Birth
- October 3, [1935 or 1938]
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Residence(s)
- Cape Town, South Africa, -1963
- London, England, c.1963-1972
- Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky, 1972-
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Education
- M.A. in English and creative writing, University of Louisville, 1977
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England
- Life Events
- Left South Africa in 1963
- Settled in the United States in 1972
- Poor record keeping in South Africa has resulted in Pegram having two birth certificates (see, Conversations with Kentucky Writers II)
- Married, 1972, one daughter
- Awards and Recognitions
- Southern African Women for Women Award in Arts and Literature, 1999
- Kwanzaa Honors List
- Woman of the Year Award
- Louisville Board of Alderman Literary Award
- Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1995
- Inaugurated in the Pan African Writers Association
- Employment
- Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- Teacher, Stockwell High School Manor, England
- Teacher, St. Philip's, Lambeth, Kennington, England
- Teacher, Cape Town, South Africa, 1955-
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Teacher
- Writer
- Poet
- Performer
Beneath the Baobab by ISBN: 9780972352468Publication Date: 2005-01-01Beneath the Baobab is a collection of poems by Amelia Blossom Pegram. Inspiration for these poems comes from Pegram's experiences as a Black South African brought up under the rule of Apartheid, of her exile from her native country, and of her world travels that finally brought her to America as an actor, dancer, playwright, teacher, and activist.- Black South African Women Writers in English: A Preliminary Checklist byPublication Date: 1980"Published to mark the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, Copenhagen."
Echoes Across a Thousand Hills by ISBN: 9780865434189Publication Date: 1994-02-01Poetry. Illustrated by Selma Waldman. Although influenced by her experiences of living for more than thirty years in the UK and USA, far from her native Cape Town, this new volume of Pegram's poetry strongly retains her view of life through African eyes. Widely praised for her work in the USA, this is her first collection to be made available to British and European audiences.- Nelson Mandelamandla byISBN: 9780894106446Publication Date: 1989-12-01Poetry; 99 pages. This anthology of poems written in honor of the life and work of Nelson Mandela, includes poets from the United States, Europe, and Africa. "With unity in purpose, but diversity in style, these poets honor a man and his cause. Some of the poets represented here: Dennis Brutus, Amiri Baraka, Abena P.A. Busia, Vernon Februrary, Lemuel Johnson, Lenrie Peters, Tijan M. Sallah, Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali, and Keorapetse Kgositsile. Also included is a letter of support from Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, and a cabled message from Dr. Allan Boesak, with The Foundation for Peace & Justice." --Amazon
- Our Sun Will Rise: Poems byISBN: 9780894106422Publication Date: 1989-02-01A collection of 42 poems that depict the pain and pathos and the political and personal struggles that marked South Africa during apartheid.
- Interview with Amelia Blossom Pegram, June 5, 1992Curated by the University of Kentucky, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Part of the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Summary, "Amelia Blossom Pegram discusses her family history, and her childhood and education. She describes attending Capetown University (South Africa), and racism there. She talks about living and working in London, attending Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and teaching and acting in England. She talks about moving to Kentucky, living and teaching at Fort Knox, and the University of Louisville. Throughout the interview she discusses methods of composition, Selma Waldman, "Our Sun Will Rise: Poems for South Africa," her relationship with Nelson Mandela, race relations in South Africa and the United States, short stories and essays, plans to become an Episcopal priest, Louisville as an arts community, Louisville's attitude towards black artists, "A Woman Speaks," "You've Struck a Rock: Women in the Struggle," a caste system among artists, future work, and the nature of creativity."
- Conversations with Kentucky Writers II by Publication Date: 1999First published in 1999. In this sequel to Conversations with Kentucky Writers, L. Elisabeth Beattie brings together in-depth interviews with sixteen of the state's premiere wordsmiths. This new volume offers the perspectives of poets, journalists, and scholars as they discuss their views on creativity, the teaching of writing, and the importance of Kentucky in their work. They talk frankly about how and why they do what they do. The writers speak for themselves, and their thoughts come alive on the page. Beattie's interviews reveal the allegiances and alliances among Kentucky writers that have shaped literary trends by bringing together people with shared interests, values, subjects, and styles. The interviewees include authors who are captivated in other writers and in what they have to say about the process and craft of writing; educators who are interested in Kentucky writers and what their work reveals about the nature of creativity; and historians who are concerned with Kentucky's literary and cultural heritage. The interviews reveal patterns in Kentucky literature from mid-century to the millennium, as authors talk about how their sense of place has changed over the decades and reveal the ways in which the roots of Kentucky writing have produced a literary flowering at the century's end. Includes: Sallie Bingham, Joy Bale Boone, Thomas D. Clark, John Egerton, Sarah Gorham, Lynwood Montell, Maureen Morehead, John Ed Pearce, Ameilia Blossom Pegram, Karen Robards, Jeffrey Skinner, Frederick Smock, Frank Steele, Martha Bennett Stiles, Richard Taylor, and Michael Williams.
- First Person Feminine: Third Series byPublication Date: 198215 audiocassettes. Charlotte Bruner of the Iowa State University Foreign Languages Dept. and David Bruner of the Dept. of English present readings, commentary and interviews of contemporary women writers mainly, but not entirely, from the Third World. Originally broadcast in 1982-1983 on WOI-FM Radio, Ames, Iowa.
Pennington, Lee
Photo: Louisville Esoteric Society
- Name(s)
- Lee Pennington
- Date of Birth
- May 1, 1939
- White Oak, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Hometown: Greenup County, Kentucky
- Middletown, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Education
- Honorary Doctorate in Arts from the Academy of Southern Arts and Letters
- Honorary Doctorate in Literature, World University
- M.A., University of Iowa, 1965
- B.A., Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 1962
- McKell High School, Greenup County, Kentucky, 1958
- Flat Hollow Elementary School
- Life Events
- President of the Ancient Kentucke Historical Association, 10+ years
- Launched JoLe Productions, 1990
- Married Joy Stout, 1962; she died in 2011
- Awards and Recognitions
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Appalachian Newground, 2017
- The Lee and Joy Pennington Cultural Heritage Gallery exhibition at the University of Louisville, 2013
- Poet Laureate of Kentucky, 1984
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Thigmotropism, 1993
- Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for I Knew a Woman, 1977
- Emerson Poetry Award
- Mildred A. Daughtery Award for Contribution to Literature
- Distinguished Contribution to Poetry Award
- Employment
- Professor of English and Creative Writing, UK Jefferson Community College, Louisville, Kentucky, 34 years
- Taught poetry at the Jesse Stuart Creative Writing Workshop, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 10 summers
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Poet
- Writer
- Professor
- Dramatist
Appalachian Newground by ISBN: 9780981844251Publication Date: 2016-04-08Lee Pennington was born and grew to manhood in Appalachia in a small hillside community called "White Oak" located in western end of Greenup County, Kentucky. He attended the same one room school his parents attended. Later he went to McKell High School where he met and became close friends with the writer Jesse Stuart. The author of 19 other books, Pennington was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his I Knew a Woman and Thigmotropism. He was named Poetry Laureate of Kentucky by the State Legislature in 1984. He says, "Appalachian Newground is, in some small way, my recognizing and honoring the land of my birth." Appalachian Newground is his first book in 23 years.- The Long Way Home byPublication Date: 1966Prose and Poetry, 80 pages; introduction by Lee Pennington.
Songs of Bloody Harlan by ISBN: 9780874230178Publication Date: 1975-01-01Poems; 48 pages. "This collection of poems appeared for the first time in Volume IX, No. 2, of the North American Mentor Magazine, Summer 1971"--Title page verso.
Spring of Violets by ISBN: 9780915216130Publication Date: 1976-01-01Poems; 107 pages, illustrations.
Thigmotropism by ISBN: 9780962366642Publication Date: 1993-07-01Poems; 54 pages. "1450 copies, 400 bound in boards, 50 special edition, boxed, signed and numbered"--Colophon.
Wildflower, Poems for Joy by ISBN: 9780915216024Publication Date: 1975-01-01Poems; 49 pages. First published in 1970.
Daughters of Leda by ISBN: 9780981844282Publication Date: 2017-04-01Lee Pennington has published 20 books, most of them poetry, as he is a Poet Laureate of Kentucky. This new book, with new poems written since 2011, is filled with the wonder of love and admiration for his lover. His words shine with light and drip with eroticism. The illustrations by Jill Baker bring out the visual in his words, adding to and complementing the overall intimacy of this small treasure of a book.
Appalachia, My Sorrow by ISBN: 9780915216109Publication Date: 1976-01-01Revised edition. Drama; 12 pages.
The Spirit of Poor Fork: A One-Act Play by ISBN: 9780915216079Publication Date: 1976-12-01Drama; 19 pages.
- The Dark Hills of Jesse Stuart: A Consideration of Symbolism and Vision in the Novels of Jesse Stuart byPublication Date: 1967Biography; 166 pages; illustrations. "Author's edition, limited to 500 copies."
In Search of the Mudmen (1990)
The Gospel Ship (c.1991)
Verne Spratt: Keeper of the Stones (1992)
Petroglyphs of Polynesia (1992)
Cliffs of Mystery (1992)
Sinoto: Polynesian Legend (1993)
Wales: History in Bondage (1995)
Good Roads, Good Water: The Life of Verne Spratt (1996)
Prince Madoc: Fact or Fiction (1997)
Secrets of the Stones (1997)
Hotel Gomeo: A Family Affair (1997)
Eyes That Look At The Sky: The Mystery Of Easter Island (2000)
The Mound Builders (2001)
The Serpent Fort: Solving the Mystery of Fort Mountain, Georgia (2005)
The Depot Museum: A Walking Tour of Fort Payne's Unique Piece of History (2006)
Tunnel of Time: A Tribute to Marion Dahm (2006)
Let Me Not Drown on the Waters: Fred Rhdholm, Michigan's "Mr. Copper" (2008)
Some Days You Clean, Some Days You Litter: The Amazing Warner Sizemore (2012)
Room to Fly: Anne Caudill's Album (2013)
Bosnian Pyramids Hidden History (2015)
Seafaring Strangers: Vikings in America, Part 1 (2016)
Gunung Padang: Monument to Atlantis (2017)
*For more information, see JoLe Productions
- Interview with Lee Pennington, June 26, 1991Curated by the University of Kentucky, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Part of the Kentucky Writers Oral History Project. Summary, "Pennington's grandmother told him stories of being able to summon spirits and move furniture before she joined a church. Pennington was ill as a child, and hospitalized for 29 days from the diphtheria at three years old. He was one of eleven children, and his early schooling took place in a one-room schoolhouse. His two great interests in school were literature and science. Jesse Stuart, the author, was a great influence on his life, and Stuart's work was the subject of Pennington's Masters thesis. He met his wife at Berea college, and they were married in their final year of college. Pennington describes rejection being a big part of the creative process. He taught creative writing at Southeast College, in Harlan County, where he encouraged his students to publish their work. The book, called "Tomorrow's Promise" caused considerable controversy in the town. He wrote "Songs of Bloody Harlan" after working through the effects of the controversy. After moving to Louisville, Pennington taught storytelling. He describes the nature of storytelling and why it is an art form that has lasted so long."
- JoLe ProductionsProduction company launched by Joy and Lee Pennington.
Conversations with Kentucky Writers by Publication Date: 2003First published in 1996. Kentucky and Kentuckians are full of stories, which may be why so many present-day writers have Kentucky roots. Whether they left and returned, like Wendell Berry and Bobbie Ann Mason, or adopted Kentucky as home, like James Still and Jim Wayne Miller, or grew up and left for good, like Michael Dorris and Barbara Kingsolver, they have one connection: Kentucky has influenced their writing and their lives. L. Elisabeth Beattie explores this influence in twenty intimate interviews. Conversations with Kentucky Writers was more than three years in the making, as Beattie traveled across the state and beyond to capture oral histories on tape. Her exhaustive knowledge of these authors helped her draw out personal revelations about their work, their lives, and the nature of writing. When Still concludes his interview with "I believe I've told you more than anybody," he could be speaking for any of Beattie's subjects. Aspiring writers will learn that Mason submitted twenty stories to the New Yorker before one was accepted, and that Still wrote articles for Sunday school magazines. There's plenty of advice: Dorris tells budding authors to get real jobs, keep journals, and read everything, even cereal boxes, and Marsha Norman reminds playwrights that "it is not the business of the theater to provide writers with a living." Kingsolver advises, "Read good stuff and write bad stuff until eventually what you're writing begins to approximate what you're reading." Beattie's collection includes striking self-portraits of such writers as Sue Grafton, Leon Driskell, James Baker Hall, Fenton Johnson, George Ella Lyon, Taylor McCafferty, Ed McClanahan, Sena Naslund, Chris Offutt, Lee Pennington, and Betty Layman Receveur.What most distinguishes these moving conversations from other author interviews is their focus on creativity, on the teaching of writing, and on the authors' strong sense of place.As Wade Hall writes in his foreword, all twenty writers recognize that their works have been significantly influenced by their "Kentucky experience." This collection offers insights into Kentucky's rich and flowering literary heritage.
Poets Laureate of Kentucky by Publication Date: 2004A history of Kentucky's poets laureate since 1926. Contains works by J.T. Cotton Noe, Edward Gay Hill, Louise Scott Phillips, Edwin Carlisle Litsey, Jesse Hilton Stuart, Lowell Allen Williams, Lillian D. Chaffin, Senator Tom Mobley, Agnes Todd Saffell O'Rear, Clarence "Soc" Henry Clay, Lee Pennington, Paul Salyers, Dale Faughn, Jim Wayne Miller, Henry E. Pilkenton, James H. Patton, James Still, Joy Bale Boone, Richard Lawrence Taylor, James Baker Hall and Joe Survant.
Phillips, Louise Scott
- Name(s)
- Louise Scott Phillips
- Louise Scott Phillips Sandow
- Date of Birth
- August 5, 1911
- Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky
- Date of Death
- 1983
- Buried in Kuttawa Doom Chapel Cemetery, Kuttawa, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky
- Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Education
- Lyon County High School, Kentucky, 1929
- Life Events
- Married Benjamin Sandow, 1958
- Married Eugene Phillips (first husband)
- Awards and Recognitions
- Named Kentucky Poet Laureate, 1942
- Named "Poet Laureate of the Sesquicentennial" by Kentucky governor Keen Johnson, 1945
- Employment
- Managed a dress shop, Kuttawa, Kentucky
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Poet