Cobb, Irvin S.
- Name(s)
- Irvin S. Cobb
- Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
- Date of Birth
- June 23, 1876
- Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Date of Death
- March 10, 1944
- Manhattan, New York
- Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Hometown: Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, 1876-1904
- New York City, New York, 1904-1944
- Education
- Life Events
- Married Laura Spencer Baker Cobb, one daughter
- Hosted the Seventh Academy Awards, 1935
- Awards and Recognitions
- Inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2017
- Inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, 1982
- The World War Two Liberty Ship SS Irvin S. Cobb was named for him
- A passenger train running between Fulton and Louisville, Kentucky, the Irvin S. Cobb, was named for him
- Employment
- Professional actor, in 10 movies between 1932-1938
- Chairman of the AAPA (Authors and Artists Committee of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment), 1919-
- Staff writer for The Saturday Evening Post in New York City, 1911
- Staff writer for the Evening World and Sunday World in New York City, 1904
- Managing editor of the Paducah Daily News, c.1895
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Journalist
- Humorist
- Writer
- Actor
- Back Home: Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and His People. byPublication Date: 1912Reprinted from the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction. Mystery and Detective Fiction.
Collected Works of Irvin S. Cobb by Publication Date: 2008Fiction. Short stories. 270 pages; illustrations.
This collection includes: One Third Off, Cobb's Anatomy, A Plea for Old Cap Collier, Speaking of Operations, Roughing it De Luxe, Eating in Two or Three Languages- The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights byPublication Date: 1913Fiction. Short stories. 279 pages. Series of articles from The Saturday Evening Post and vol. 24, no. 2 of The Cavalier.
- Irvin Cobb at His Best byPublication Date: 1923Fiction. Short stories. 341 pages. Originally published in 1915.
- Ladies and Gentlemen byPublication Date: 1927Fiction. Short stories. 308 pages. Originally published in 1924.
- Local Color byPublication Date: 1916Fiction. Short stories. 460 pages. Series of articles from The Saturday Evening Post.
- Many Laughs for Many Days byPublication Date: 1925Fiction. Short stories. 243 pages.
"Another year's supply (365) of his favorite stories as told by Irvin S. Cobb." 
Old Judge Priest by Publication Date: 2013Series of articles from The Saturday Evening Post collected and presented to John Wilson Townsend by Irvin S. Cobb. Originally published in 1916.- Piano Jim and the impotent pumpkin vine, or, "Charley Russell's best story to my way of thinking" byPublication Date: 1947Kentucky edition. Limited edition of 100 copies. 23 pages.
- Snake Doctor and Other Stories byPublication Date: 1923Fiction. Short stories. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Speaking of Operations, and Other Stories byPublication Date: 1923Published also under title: Irvin Cobb at His Best. 341 pages.
- The Works of Irvin S. Cobb byPublication Date: 1920Short stories. 10 volumes. Other title: From Place to Place.
[1] Back home.--[2] The escape of Mr. Trimm.--[3] From place to place.--[4] Local color.--[5] Myself to date.--[6] Old Judge Priest.--[7] Snake doctor.--[8] Speaking of operations.--[9] Sundry accounts.--[10] those times and these.
- Both Sides of the Street byPublication Date: 1930Description and travel. "The folks next door [South America].--The folks across the way [Europe].--The folks here at home [U.S.A.]."
Cobb's Anatomy by Publication Date: 2010Series of articles from The Saturday Evening Post. Originally published in 1912.- The Governors of Kentucky byPublication Date: 1947"This is Irvin S. Cobb's introduction to G. Glenn Clift's T̲h̲e̲ G̲o̲v̲e̲r̲n̲o̲r̲s̲ o̲f̲ K̲e̲n̲t̲u̲c̲k̲y̲. This introduction was never published with the work. John Wilson Townsend explains how it came to be written and that he had twenty-five copies made."
- Incredible Truth byPublication Date: 1931History. 362 pages.
"In compiling the material for this volume ... I have tried to find graphic, vivid and vigorous first-person, present-tense annals of historic events in our own country and in the older countries as well; in this generation and in the generations before us." - Indiana byPublication Date: 1924Series: Cobb's America Guyed Books. With illustrations by John T. McCutcheon.
Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. - Irvin S. Cobb's Own Recipe Book byPublication Date: 1936Recipe book. 51 pages; color illustrations. Written by Mr. Cobb for Frankfort Distilleries, Incorporated.
"Containing authoritative directions for making 71 famous drinks, together with a rollicking dissertation of the joys of King Bourbon and its Brother Rye ..." - Kansas byPublication Date: 1924Series: Cobb's America Guyed Books. With illustrations by John T. McCutcheon.
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Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. - A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: His Favorite Stories byPublication Date: 1998Originally published in 1923. Anecdotes. American wit and humor.
- The Lost Irish Tribes in the South byPublication Date: [1919]"An address delivered before the American Irish Historical Society of New York two years ago, which is now attracting countrywide attention." "Noted American writer delved into history and found that Dixie wasn't as Anglo-Saxon as it thought."
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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan University Library, 2004. includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. (Making of America) Mode of access: Internet. The conversion of this volume made possible by U-M alumnus Lawrence Portnoy, BA 1985. - North Carolina byPublication Date: 1924Series: Cobb's America Guyed Books. With illustrations by John T. McCutcheon.
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Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Publication Date: 2008We passed through it late in the afternoon-this little Belgian town called Montignies St. Christophe-just twenty-four hours behind a dust-colored German column. I am going to try now to tell how it looked to us.
"Written as a series of first-hand impressions during the fall and early winter of 1914 while the writer was on staff service for the Saturday evening post in the western theatre of the European war."--Note.
Originally published in 1917. Personal narrative. 274 pages.- The red glutton: impressions of war written at and near the frontwith the German Army at the front byPublication Date: 1915Personal narrative. 318 pages. Cover subtitle: "With the German army at the front."
- Roughing it De Luxe byPublication Date: 1914A humorous description of a trip to the Grand Canyon and through California and other parts of the West. 219 pages; illustrations. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon.
- Some United States; a series of stops in various parts of this nation with one excursion across the line byPublication Date: 1926Travel and description. 412 pages.
- Stickfuls: (Myself to Date) byPublication Date: 1923Biography. 355 pages; portrait.
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Irvin S. Cobb by Publication Date: 1984The story of Irvin S. Cobb is a fascinating one for many reasons. His life was not unusual at the time: a Horatio Alger rise from poor boy to world authority through hard work.Associate of celebrities of all kinds for two decades, he died in Hollywood virtually forgotten, having outlived the world he grew up in and which appreciated him.- Irvin S. Cobb, Storyteller: With Biographical Particulars and Notes on His Books and Who's Cobb and Why? byPublication Date: [1924]Contents:
Irvin S. Cobb, storyteller / Grant Overton --
Who's Cobb and why? / Robert H. Davis --
Irvin S. Cobb: himself to date ... / John Wilson Townsend -- - Irvin S. Cobb: His Life and Achievements byPublication Date: 1975Biography. Reprint of the 1934 edition published by Young Pub. Co., Paducah, Ky.
- Irvin S. Cobb: His Life and Letters byPublication Date: 1938262 pages; illustrations; plates; portraits. With an introduction by O. O. McIntyre.
Irvin S. Cobb: The Rise and Fall of an American Humorist by Publication Date: 2017"Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn." -- Irvin S. Cobb Born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, humorist Irvin S. Cobb (1876--1944) rose from humble beginnings to become one of the early twentieth century's most celebrated writers. As a staff reporter for the New York World and Saturday Evening Post, he became one of the highest-paid journalists in the United States. He also wrote short stories for noted magazines, published books, and penned scripts for the stage and screen. In Irvin S. Cobb: The Rise and Fall of a Southern Humorist, historian William E. Ellis examines the life of this significant writer. Though a consummate wordsmith and a talented observer of the comical in everyday life, Cobb was a product of the Reconstruction era and the Jim Crow South. As a party to the endemic racism of his time, he often bemoaned the North's harsh treatment of the South and stereotyped African Americans in his writings. Marred by racist undertones, Cobb's work has largely slipped into obscurity. Nevertheless, Ellis argues that Cobb's life and works are worthy of more detailed study, citing his wide-ranging contributions to media culture and his coverage of some of the biggest stories of his day, including on-the-ground reporting during World War I. A valuable resource for students of journalism, American humor, and popular culture, this illuminating biography explores Cobb's life and his influence on early twentieth-century letters.- My Wayward Parent: A Book About Irvin S. Cobb byPublication Date: 1971Reprint of the 1945 edition published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, New York.
Coleman, J. Winston
- Name(s)
- J. Winston Coleman
- John Winston Coleman, Jr.
- Date of Birth
- November 5, 1898
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Date of Death
- May 4, 1983
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Buried in the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Albany, New York
- Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky
- Winburn farm, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Education
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1929
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1920
- Morton High School, Lexington, Kentucky, 1916
- Life Events
- President of the Lexington Cemetery Company, 30 years
- President of the Kentucky Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1944-1946
- Member of the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation
- Member of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
- Member of the Kentucky Civil War Commisson
- Member of the American Antiquarian Society
- Thirty-Third degree Mason, the Masonic Lodge, 1967
- Member of Book Thieves, a group of historians
- Married Burnetta Zumwalt Mullen, 1930
- Awards and Recognitions
- Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Eastern Kentucky University, 1976
- Inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni, University of Kentucky, 1965.
- Honorary Doctorate of Law, Transylvania University, 1969
- Named a Fellow of the Society of American Historians, 1953
- Honorary Doctorate of Literature, University of Kentucky, 1949
- Honorary Doctorate of Literature, Lincoln Memorial University, 1945
- Awarded a Certificate of Commendation, American Association of State and Local History
- Named an honorary member of the Lexington Rotary Club
- Employment
- Farmer, Winburn farm, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1936-1966
- Co-founder of the construction company Coleman and Davis, Inc. with John W. Davis, Lexington, Kentucky, 1924-1936
- Green & Taylor Electric Company, Hazard Kentucky
- Fort Orange Paper, Co., Albany, New York
- American Telephone & Telegraph, Louisville, Kentucky
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Engineer
- Writer
- Historian
- Collector
- The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy: An Episode of Kentucky History During the Middle 1820s byPublication Date: 1950History; 77 pages.
- The British Invasion of Kentucky byPublication Date: 1951History "with an account of the capture of Ruddell's and Martin's Stations, June 1780."; 30 pages.
- The British Invasion of Kentucky byPublication Date: 1951History; 30 pages. With an account of the capture of Ruddell's and Martin's Stations, June 1780.
- Famous Kentucky Duels byISBN: 9780876420065Publication Date: 1969-01-01History; 186 pages. Contents: John Rowan vs. James Chambers -- Andrew Jackson vs. Charles Dickinson -- Henry Clay vs. Humphrey Marshall -- Benjamin W. Dudley vs. William H. Richardson -- Francis G. Waring vs. Jacob H. Holeman -- Robert Triplett vs. Philip Thompson -- George J. Trotter vs. Charles Wickliffe -- William Duke vs. Roger Hanson -- Henry C. Pope vs. John T. Gray -- William T. Casto vs. Leonidas Metclafe -- Joseph Desha vs. Alexander Kimbrough -- Little known duels -- Wilson, John Lyle Code of honor.
- Henry Clay's Last Criminal Case: An Interesting Episode of Lexington History in 1846 byPublication Date: 1950History, trials; 23 pages.
Kentucky: A Pictorial History by ISBN: 9780813100920Publication Date: 1972-03-01History in picture; 256 pages, includes maps.- Lexington During the Civil War byPublication Date: 1938History; 51 pages. Free ebook available through HathiTrust.
- Masonry in the Bluegrass: Being an Authentic Account of Masonry in Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, 1788-1933 byPublication Date: 1933History of masonry; 264 pages. Free ebook available through Google Books and HathiTrust.
- Sketches of Kentucky's Past: A Series of Essays Concerning the State's History byPublication Date: 1979History; 254 pages.
Slavery Times in Kentucky by Publication Date: 1940History; 351 pages, includes bibliography and index. Free ebook available through Internet Archive.- The Springs of Kentucky: An Account of the Famed Watering-Places of the Bluegrass State, 1800-1935 byPublication Date: 1955History; 117 pages.
- The Squire's Sketches of Lexington byISBN: 9780876420096Publication Date: 1972-01-01History, chronology; 102 pages.
Stage-Coach Days in the Bluegrass: Being an Acount of Stage-Coach Travel and Tavern Days in Lexington and Central Kentucky, 1800-1900 by ISBN: 9780813119144Publication Date: 1995-10-19When Stage-Coach Days in the Bluegrass was first published in 1935 by the Standard Press in Louisville, the New York Times reviewer described "this charming work" as "an interesting example of that very useful class of books, local histories, which so rarely get the attention they deserve." Along with his focus on the development of stage-coach travel, Coleman covers details such as pioneer roads, taverns, travelers' experiences, mail carriers, and the coming of the railroad. This fascinating look at an age gone by is truly a work of regional culture.
Three Kentucky Artists: Troye, Hart, Price by ISBN: 9780813150390Publication Date: 1974The three artists whose lives are the subjects of Three Kentucky Artists--Joel Tanner Hart, Samuel Woodson Price, and Edward Troye--enjoyed considerable fame in their own day, though they are now little known outside of Kentucky. Each made a lasting contribution to the social and cultural life of central Kentucky in the nineteenth century. J. Winston Coleman, Jr. sketches the careers and relationships of the artists who played significant roles in the history of the Commonwealth.
- A Bibliography of the Writings of J. Winston Coleman, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky byPublication Date: 1953Annotated bibliography, 19 pages.
- The Collected Writings of J. Winston Coleman, Jr. byPublication Date: 1969Bibliography, with biographical sketches and poems; 112 pages.
- A Bibliography of Kentucky History byPublication Date: 1949Bibliography, includes index; 516 pages.
- Kentucky Rarities: A Check-List of One Hundred and Thirty-Five Fugitive Books and Pamphlets Relating to the Bluegrass State and Its People byPublication Date: 1970Bibliography; 34 pages.
- John Bradford, Esq.: Pioneer Kentucky Printer and Historian byPublication Date: 1950Biography; 24 pages. Free ebook available through HathiTrust.
- Kentucky's Bicentennial Family Register byPublication Date: 1977Geneaology; 420 pages. Photos in this book are from the collection of David Kennamer.
- Last Days, Death, and Funeral of Henry Clay: With Some Remarks on the Clay Monument in the Lexington Cemetery byPublication Date: 1951Remarks; 30 pages.
- Mrs. Stowe, Kentucky and Uncle Tom's Cabin byPublication Date: 1946Reprinted from the Lincoln Herald June, 1946, vol. 48, no. 2; 9 pages.
- Old Homes of the Blue Grass: A Photographic Review byPublication Date: 1950Kentucky's historic houses; chiefly photograph by Richard Garrison; with an introduction by Sydney S. Combs and a commentary by J. Winston Coleman, Jr. Free ebook available through HathiTrust.
- This is Kentucky byPublication Date: 1975Guidebook. Contents: Cumberland Falls -- Coal mining -- Grave houses -- Old Mulkey Meeting House -- Old country store -- Thomas Walker Cabin -- Wolf Pen Mill -- Trappist Monastery -- Garfield's Place -- Glen Lily -- Threshing wheat -- Wickland -- Oldest Kentucky Courthouse -- Eastern Kentucky bridges -- Natural Bridge -- Sherburne Covered Bridge -- Duncan Memorial Chapel -- Casey Jones -- Augusta Row Houses -- Great Suspension Bridge -- The Oaks --Duncan Tavern -- Bourbon Iron Furnace -- Samuel Pate Home -- Fort Boonesborough -- Fort Harrod -- Camp Nelson Covered Bridge -- Isaac Shelby's home -- Transfer Train Ferry -- Old Kentucky Arsenal -- General John Payne Home -- Tollgate House -- Train depots -- Camp Dick Robinson -- Ephraim McDowell House -- First Post Officve -- Constitution Square -- Transylvania University -- Ryman's Mill -- Hemp farming -- Old Statehouse -- Kentucky Capitol -- Governor's Mansion (Old) -- Governor's Mansion -- Joseph Holt Home -- Airdrie -- Drennon Springs (Western Military Institute) -- Churchill Downs -- Jefferson County Courthouse -- Union Station -- Louisville City Hall -- Lincoln Homestead Park -- Lincoln Memorial -- Loretta Lynn's home -- Columbus-Belmont Battlefield -- Jefferson Davis -- Jefferson Davis Monument -- Audubon Museum -- Stubblefield's Wireless -- Marshall Key Home -- Clark House -- Vaucluse -- Star Hill Farm -- Jack Jouett Home -- Alice Lloyd College -- Casa Blanca -- Frontier Nursing Service -- First Branch Bank -- Princess Showboat -- Governor Helm Place -- Welcome Hall -- Old Stone Inn -- Old Southern Bank -- South Union Shakers.
- J. Winston Coleman, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch With a Review of His Writings byPublication Date: 1979Biography; 69 pages.
- John Winston Coleman Jr. collection on slavery in KentuckyHoused at the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center. Summary, " The John Winston Coleman, Jr. collection on slavery in Kentucky, 1780-1940 is comprised of manuscript materials (1780-1940) and photographs gathered by John Winston Coleman, Jr. (1898-1983) while conducting research for his book Slavery Times in Kentucky (1940). The manuscript materials include documents (both original and photocopies) and correspondence (mostly in the form of responses to query letters) regarding the day-to-day life of slaves, the economics of the slave trade, the Underground Railroad, and the abolition movement. Also present are broadsides and newspaper advertisements, typescripts, and galleys. Some of the original documents are bills of sale for slaves, certificates of freedom, indenture contracts, and legal petitions. Also present are a significant number of trial and litigation documents concerning slaves, slaveholders, and slave traders, especially Lewis C. Robards. The broadsides and advertisements advertise sales of slaves, rewards for runaway slaves, and solicitations for the purchase of slaves. Some textual materials were used as illustrations within the work. A bound volume contains Coleman’s notes from interviews he held with former Kentucky slaves (1939) and with Dr. Wilbur H. Siebert, the author of several books on the topics of slavery and the Underground Railroad. The photographs include images collected during the research for Slavery Times in Kentucky (1940). Some images were used in the book as illustrations. Included are portraits of freed slaves, slave and slaveholder housing, images of houses used as Underground Railroad Way Stations, slave prisons, portraits of abolitionists and slavery proponents, broadsides and advertisements for slaves, images of hemp fields, Main Street of Lexington, Kentucky in the 1860s, and a deed of emancipation."
- Coleman Scrapbooks collectionHoused at Transylvania University Special Collections & Archives. Summary, "The Coleman Scrapbooks consist of approximately 60 volumes. Coleman began keeping them in 1930 and they include many things that struck hipage of Coleman Scrapbook, Vol. 5s interest. Most of the subject content has to do with Kentucky history with a focus on Lexington especially. Much of the material comes from news clippings but some are actual historical documents and signatures, sometimes from his grandfather's papers, which he glued into his pages. For instance beginning on page 73 of the first volume we see a collection of signatures that have been clipped from their original context. On page 100 of the first volume there appears to be a contemporary copy of the indenture that sets aside acreage for the trustees of the town of Lexington dated 1795. The scrapbooks end with Coleman's death in 1983. The index of the scrapbooks was created by Coleman himself and has been added to slowly by librarians. It should not be considered complete."
- An Interview with Squire Coleman (J. Winston Coleman, Jr.) byPublication Date: 1975Interview; 21 pages. "Taken from an instructional television program produced by Western Kentucky University Television, Bowling Green, Kentucky, November 9, 1971." Autographed.
Collins, P. Faye
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- Name(s)
- P. Faye Collins
- Faye Collins
- Date of Birth
- Residence(s)
- Northern Kentucky
- Education
- Rank I Certification in Social Studies Education, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
- M.A. in Education, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
- B.S. in Political Science and Government, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
- Life events
- Married
- Employment
- Adjunct Professor, American Politics, Northern Kentucky University.
- Teacher, Dixie Heights High School, 20 years
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Teacher
- Blogger, kentuckywinelover.com
- Writer
A Wine Lover's Odyssey Across Kentucky by ISBN: 9781935497561Publication Date: 2012192 pages; This book takes reader's a tour of Kentucky to visit thirty-four of the state's wineries, to explore the history of wine in Kentucky, and to discover the grape varieties that make their favorite wines so enjoyable.
Vineyard to Table: Cooking with Kentucky Wine by ISBN: 9781953058225Publication Date: 2021Do you enjoy wine? Do you love to cook? Have you ever considered cooking with wine but were afraid to try it? Vineyard to Table: Cooking with Kentucky Wine features sixty-nine original recipes, each incorporating a Kentucky wine, that will guide you as you take the plunge into choosing and cooking with a perfectly-paired regional wine.
Collins, Whitney
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- Name(s)
- Whitney Collins
- Date of Birth
- March 16
- Residences
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Education
- MFA, Spalding University's School of Creative and Professional Writing, Louisville, Kentucky, 2018
- BA in Creative Writing, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1995
- Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut , 1988-1991
- Awards and Recognition(s)
- 2019 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
- 2020 Pushcart Prize
- 2020 Pushcart Special Mention
- 2020 American Short(er) Fiction Prize
- 2021 First place in Grist's ProForma Contesta
- Employment
- Author Academy mentor at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
- Contributor
- AGNI
- Shenandoah
- American Short Fiction
- Gulf Coast
- Slice
- The Greensboro Review
- The Pinch
- Ninth Letter
- Grist
- Catapult's Tiny Nightmares
- McSweeney's Internet Tendency
- Salon
- Huffington Post
- Contributing editor
- The Weeklings
- Book reviewer for Barnes and Noble
- Editorial board member of The Big Jewel
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
Big Bad: stories by ISBN: 9781946448729Publication Date: 2021-03-16Within the thirteen stories of Whitney Collins's Big Bad dwells a hunger that's dark, deep, and hilarious. Part domestic horror, part flyover gothic, Big Bad serves up real-world predicaments in unremarkable places (motels, dormitories, tiki bars), all with Collins's heart-wrenching flavor of magical realism. A young woman must give birth to future iterations of herself; a widower kills a horse en route to his grandson's circumcision; a conflicted summer camper is haunted by a glass eye and motorcycle crash. Collins's cast of characters must repeatedly choose to fight or flee the "big bad" that dwells within us all.
Pushcart Prize XLIV, 2020: Best of the Small Presses by ISBN: 9781888889963Publication Date: 2019-12-10As Booklist's Donna Seaman commented on edition #43, "a harvesting of the year's finest stories, poems and essays...a deeply provocative and artistically resplendent anthology." This current edition is further proof that important and exciting writing is found in small presses scattered around the country and the world. As the variety of selections in Pushcart Prize XLIV indicates, it is an eclectic and constantly changing community. Over 70 authors are included from more than 50 presses. The Pushcart series is winner of The Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Book Critics Circle, and the Poets & Writers/Barnes & Nobel Writers For Writers citation, plus many other awards. Here are 600 pages of literary brilliance from both new and established authors, featuring traditional and experimental work.
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror by ISBN: 9781948226622Publication Date: 2020-10-13A collection of horror-inspired flash fiction, featuring over 40 new stories from literary, horror, and emerging writers--edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto, the twisted minds behind Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder. In this playful, inventive collection, leading literary and horror writers spin chilling tales in only a few pages. Each slim, fast-moving story brings to life the kind of monsters readers love to fear, from brokenhearted vampires to Uber-taking serial killers and mind-reading witches. But what also makes Tiny Nightmares so bloodcurdling--and unforgettable--are the real-world horrors that writers such as Samantha Hunt, Brian Evenson, Jac Jemc, Stephen Graham Jones, Lilliam Rivera, Kevin Brockmeier, and Rion Amilcar Scott weave into their fictions, exploring how global warming, racism, social media addiction, and homelessness are just as frightening as, say, a vampire's fangs sinking into your neck. Our advice? Read with the hall light on and the bedroom door open just a crack. Featuring new stories from Samantha Hunt, Jac Jemc, Stephen Graham Jones, Rion Amilcar Scott, and more!
- "Bite-sized Stories: Collins serves up a collection for short attention spans."Article in ACE Lexington Weekly Newspaper by Kristina Rosen; April 28, 2021.
Combs, Sara Walter
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- Name(s)
- Sara Walter Combs
- Date of Birth
- August 24, 1948
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Fern Hill Farm, Stanton, Powell County, Kentucky
- Education
- B.A. in French, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1970
- M.A. in French, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971
- J.D., University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1979
- Life Events
- First woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Married to Bert T. Combs
- Employment
- Appellate judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 28+ years
- Judge, Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Judge
- Writer
Conn, Bobi
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- Name(s)
- Bobi Conn
- Date of Birth
- Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Residences
- Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Education
- M.A. in English (creative writing), Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 2007
- B.A., Philosophy, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 2001
- Life events
- Employment
- Proposal and content writer, ProLink Staffing, 2021-present
- Lyfebulb Ambassador, 2020-present
- Technical writer/environmental scientist, Palmer Engineering, 2012-2021
- Technical writer, NTT Data, 2011-2012
- Instructor, Eastern Kentucky University, 2008-2011
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
In the Shadow of the Valley by ISBN: 9781542004169Publication Date: 2020A clear-eyed and compassionate memoir of the Appalachian experience by a woman who embraced its astonishing beauty, narrowly escaped its violence, and struggles to call it home. Bobi Conn was raised in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia. She remembers her tin-roofed house tucked away in a vast forest paradise; the sparkling creeks, with their frogs and crawdads; the sweet blackberries growing along the road to her granny's; and her abusive father, an underemployed alcoholic whose untethered rage and violence against Bobi and her mother were frighteningly typical of a community marginalized, desperate, and ignored. Bobi's rule of survival: always be vigilant but endure it silently. Slipping away from home, Bobi went to college and got a white-collar job. Mistrusted by her family for her progress and condescended to by peers for her accent and her history, she was followed by the markers of her class. Though she carried her childhood self everywhere, Bobi also finally found her voice. An elegiac account of survival despite being born poor, female, and cloistered, Bobi's testament is one of hope for all vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls caught in the cycle of poverty and abuse. On a continual path to worth, autonomy, and reinvention, Conn proves here that "the storyteller is the one with power."
A Woman in Time by ISBN: 9781542031813Publication Date: 2022-08-30A woman challenges the constraints of life in Prohibition-era Appalachia in this sweeping and richly rewarding novel about endurance, survival, and redemption. The McKenzie women, empowered with a formidable history rooted in the foothills of Appalachia, have passed down their folk-healing wisdom through generations. Rosalee, the last living headstrong daughter in Granny McKenzie's line, soaked up everything she could about the secrets of the forest before a series of tragedies left her alone, without the protection of the women who came before her. The close-knit ties of Rosalee's childhood are long gone. Now, at her eastern Kentucky farm, she bears a marriage with a volatile bootlegger. She struggles with the demands of motherhood. And her independence is relegated to its "proper place": under the thumb of men. Her optimism dimming, Rosalee finds solace in the Kentucky woods, a space that holds secret powers of protection from a life Rosalee can no longer control. To the graves of her female ancestors, beside the waters of an enchanting spring, Rosalee returns time and again to consider her future--and discovers a mysterious connection to her past. As Rosalee wrestles with her isolation, with being a wife in an increasingly dangerous marriage, and with being a woman of her time, she must draw on her strength and resilience to survive--and to protect--on her own terms.
- "Bobi Conn talks about In the Shadow of the Valley about growing up in a Kentucky holler, southern storytelling, glorious details in the mundane, the palpable sense of an empty home, more."Interview and article by Leslie Lindsay; July 20, 2020
Cope, Steven R.
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- Name(s)
- Steven R. Cop
- S. R. Cope
- Date of Birth
- July 3, 1949
- Frenchburg, Menifee County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Frenchburg, Menifee County, Kentucky
- Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky
- Education
- Life Events
- Awards and Recognition(s)
- Trailblazer Award from Airplay International for album Judas-Tree Ridge, 1999
- Nominee, Pushcart Prize
- Kentucky Arts Council Award
- Academy of American Poets Award
- Award from Borestone Mountain
- Employment
- Freelance writer
- Professor of Literature and Writing, intermittent
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Morehead State University
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Teacher
- Poet
- Musician
- Writer
- Songwriter
In Killdeer's Field by ISBN: 9781893239043Publication Date: 2002-01-01Poems; 100 pages. Summary, "In Killdeer's Field, Cope’s long-awaited first full-length volume of poetry. Says Mary-Ann Taylor Hall, “In Killdeer's Field coheres around grief—austere and passionate—for the wounded natural world.” This is moving, serious stuff, highly intellectual, though straight from the heart of this man forever linked in spirit, soul, and body to the Appalachian mountains. If you are close to the earth, you will recognize this kindred spirit." --author's website
The Furrbawl Poems: Uncollected Poems, 1973-1993 by ISBN: 9780972114431Publication Date: 2005Poems; 174 pages. "This major retrospective of the poetry of Appalachian author and songwriter Steven R. Cope includes essentially all of his verse from two decades not previously published in book form. Here we catch not only a glimpse of Furrbawl, the forest gnome who is the poet's primordial alter ego, but many other such visions, mysterious, exotic, even disturbing, lurking in the ordinary, conducting us on a journey across twenty years rich in poetic imagination and observation, through wonder and humor and despair and hope, and through Cope's own evolution as a poet."--Amazon "All of Cope’s poems from 1973-1993 not previously collected. The book chronicles Cope’s development as a poet, taking us through his experimentation with various voices and personae, always with an empathy that keeps us guessing—is Cope himself saying this? Is it the “Furrbawl?” And who or what is the “Furrbawl” anyway?" --author's website
Wa-Hita by ISBN: 9781937968366Publication Date: 2017-05-01Poems; 55 pages. Steven Cope returns with new poems treating his timeless themes: the tenuous relationship of mankind with the natural world, fraught with moral and spiritual dimensions; and the difficulty for even such a master of words to express experience through language. Throughout these poems runs his deep love for his native Appalachia and for all living things.
Clover's Log by ISBN: 9781893239234Publication Date: 2004-01-01Poems; 97 pages. "A thematic collection following a persona introduced in Cope’s first volume of poetry, In Killdeer's Field. Though there are indeed lighter as well as profoundly spiritual moments, Clover’s Log follows by and large a descent into pain, separation, absurdity, addiction, and madness. Serious poetry, to be sure, for the serious and the seriously literary." --author's website
The Mad Reverend: Or, For the Dog by ISBN: 9781936138180Publication Date: 2010-06-01Poems, 79 pages. In The Mad Reverend, Steven Cope gives us a startling collection of poems in the words of one who is "not so much a person as a state of mind." Cope's versatility and lyricism as he explores our relationship with nature, while he seeks to understand the holy and the profane, continue to amaze us.
Selected Poems by ISBN: 9781937968038Publication Date: 2013-01-01Poems; 106 pages. "This volume is a milestone in the career of one of Kentucky's finest authors, containing his personal selection of the best of his work from all of his previous volumes of poetry. For those discovering him for the first time, this is a splendid introduction to a writer who is himself as much a force of nature as the world he describes with such love. For those who know his work already, this is a reminder of how powerful poetry can be in evoking the natural world and in rallying us to preserve it." --author's website
Sassafras by ISBN: 9781893239050Publication Date: 2002-01-01Fiction; 215 pages. This is the story of how an Appalachian community confronts terror and myth after the mysterious disappearance of two children. Cope's language reveals both his insight into the human psyche and his respect and understanding of nature.
The Book of Saws: Fables & Tales by ISBN: 9781893239159Publication Date: 2002-01-01Fiction, short stories; 126 pages. Summary, "These are fables and tales like none you've ever read before. Here you'll find the wisdom of the ages distilled from copper coils and coal veins at the head of an Appalachian holler. In cerealis veritas. Steven Cope will hold your interest from the first page to the last. In these fables you'll find morals without moralizing, sentiment without sentimentality, and a gentle and ironic wisdom that will make you shake your head and smile, if not chuckle. You'll phone your best friend to say, "Hey, listen to this . . ." --author's website
The Bean Can: a Book by ISBN: 9781937968489Publication Date: 2018-10-01Fiction; 180 pages. When Agile Hess goes missing, his mother asks his childhood friend Hills to find him. This leads Hills through memories of days spent shooting at bean cans with Agile, before a tragic event that changed their lives; and the search for his friend leads to redemption for both from being "swallowed up by time." Part picaresque crime caper, part most unlikely Grail quest, this is foremost a lyrical and loving evocation of the land, the animals, and the people of East Kentucky.
The White Doors: Stories and Anti-Stories by ISBN: 9781936138050Publication Date: 2011-01-01Fiction, short stories; 239 pages. "With satire as black as vintage Vonnegut, with an eye and ear for the details of small-town life that echoes Bradbury, Cope writes like a force of nature, hard-wired to the archetypes of our dreams and dreads. The White Doors is the third book of fiction from one who has been throughout his life primarily a poet and songwriter. Cope's fiction has the brevity and compactness of his poetry and the hit-and-slash irony and underlying humor of his proverbs." --author's website
The Frogville Skits: A Dozen Soggy Froggy Plays for Children by ISBN: 9781936138395Publication Date: 2011-09-01Plays; 198 pages. "Like characters in a medieval morality play, the frogs in The Frogville Skits are named for their ruling passions: Angry Fro, Crazy Fro. They are beset by the dangers of modern society --rock music, video games -- and yet, under the guidance of Elder Fro, they always manage to solve their problems through cooperation and love. The book is charmingly illustrated with line-drawings by Julie Baumgardner, but these plays beg to escape the page and come to life. Children will revel in acting out these simple dramas which encourage costuming, clowning and physical acting... Writing for both childrn and adults, Steve Cope is a modern-day Aesop with a twist. Whether his fables resolve around Clover, The Mad Reverend, Crow, Furrbawl, or Happy and Sad Fro, Cope writes from the uneasy intersection between modern civilization and the natural world. He views all human and animal kind with humor and a gentle, deep compassion." --Sherry Chandler, author's website
Crow!: The Children's Poems by ISBN: 9781893239364Publication Date: 2005-01-01Children's poems; 136 pages. "More than 200 poems to delight, entertain, and educate youngsters from 6 to 90 years. Illustrated by Julie Baumgardner, Steve's younger sis. Using the several Kentucky dialects with which he is familiar, Cope has captured the rhythms of our language like no other—the very book we need to begin reading to our children again, especially those of us who are from or have a heart for Appalachia. This heirloom book is something to be cherished, to be passed on to our children’s children." --author's website
Crow 2: More Adventures From the Cornfield by ISBN: 9781936138494Publication Date: 2012-07-01Children's poems; 139 pages.
The Appalaches: Or Talking down a Hole by ISBN: 9781893239944Publication Date: 2010-03-01Novelist, song-writer, poet, Steven Cope presents us with one-thousand-and-one Appalaches, his name for these lively and original proverbs or aphorisms that express basic truths, often with humor, but always with great insight and a rapier-like intelligence.
Corbin, Sean L.
Photo: The Leper Dreams of Snow, back cover
- Name(s)
- Sean L. Corbin
- Date of Birth
- November 8, 2983
- Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky
- Residences
- Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky
- Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Education
- M.F.A., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- M.A. in English Literature, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 2014
- B.F.A. in Creative Writing, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 2011
- Life Events
- Co-founder of Milestone Art Collective with Amanda Kelley Corbin
- Awards and Recognitions
- Best of Net Nominee, Still: the Journal, 2018
- Second Prize, Flo Gault Poetry Prize, 2008
- Featured guest at the Gateway Regional Arts Center and the Holler Poets Series
- Employment
- Graduate assistant, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- Contributor
- Still: The Journal
- Vine Leaves
- JMWW
- little leo
- Solidago
- Simulation Operator, Frontier Nursing University
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Teacher
- Writer
Cornett, John
- Name(s)
- John Cornett
- John Eldon Cornett
- Date of Birth
- January 10, 1948
- Oneida, Clay County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Oneida, Clay County, Kentucky
- London, Laurel County, Kentucky
- Education
- London High School
- University of Kentucky, B. S. in Civil Engineering, 1970
- Awards
- Laurel County Homecoming Outstanding Author Award
- Employment
- Senior Engineering Branch Manager of Construction in Kentucky
- Occupation(s)
- Civil Engineer
- Writer
- Photographer
- In Search of Heaven on Earth in Kentucky byISBN: 9780975424506Publication Date: 2004-06-01A photographic documentary of the approximately 500 independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in Kentucky
- Climbing the Right Ladder: Tracing the Cornett Family Through American History byPublication Date: 1998Genealogy. Includes "10,000 name genealogical listing." 232 pages, illustrations, maps.
- The People of the Table byISBN: 9780975424513Publication Date: 2008-07-01Contains photographs and histories of all Christian Churches in Kentucky, as well as a brief history of the Christian Church.
- Remember by John CornettPublished in 2016 by John E. Cornett. Available on Kindle
- Everyman 3.0 by John CornettPublished in 2016 by John E. Cornett. Available on Kindle.
- A Holy Land Tour by John CornettPublished in 2016 by John E. Cornett. Available on Kindle.
Cotter, Joseph S., Sr.
- Name(s)
- Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.
- Date of Birth
- February 2, 1861
- Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
- Date of Death
- March 14, 1949
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Education
- Life Events
- Married Maria F. Cox, July 22, 1891. Children: Leonidas, Florence Olivia, and Joseph Cotter, Jr.
- Awards and Recognitions
- Inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2017
- Employment
- Cloverport Public Schools
- Louisville Public Schools
- Paul Laurence Dunbar School
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor School
- Occupation(s)
- Teacher
- Writer
- Composer
Links of Friendship by ISBN: 9781348144397Publication Date: 2015-12-14Originally published in 1898. Won the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2017. 64 pages.
A White Song and A Black OneISBN: 9781172217229Publication Date: 2010-10-15Originally published: 1909.- Sequel to the "Pied Piper of Hamelin," and Other Poems byPublication Date: 193993 pages; frontispiece (portrait)
- Caleb, the Degenerate, a Play in Four Acts; a Study of the Types, Customs, and Needs of the American Negro byPublication Date: 190357 pages, frontispiece (portrait).
- Negro Tales byPublication Date: 1912148 pages, illustrations. Photographic frontispiece with portrait of author.
- Twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Colored Parkland, or "Little Africa," Louisville, Kentucky, 1891-1916 byPublication Date: 193419 pages, illustrations.
Cotter also often contributed to periodicals such as the Louisville Courier-Journal (from 1884), National Baptist Magazine (1894-1908), Voice of the Negro (1904-07), Southern Teachers Advocate (Kentucky; 1905-6), and Alexander's Magazine (1909).
- Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. at WikipediaWikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
- Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., papers [ca. 1918]-1939 byPublication Date: [ca. 1918]-1939Archival Material. Materials include handwritten and typed poems, musical scores, typewritten autobiography, news clipping on Cotter's career, and book of poetry, Sequel to the Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems.
Part of the Cooperative HBCU Archival Survey Project (CHASP) to survey the archival collections housed in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). 
Southern Black Creative Writers, 1829-1953 by ISBN: 9780313262074Publication Date: 1988-07-22Some 230 writers are included, and for each the compiler has provided, in addition to a publication history, a brief summary of educational background, occupation, and honors and awards obtained. The most important feature of any work of this kind is the careful selection of those names to be included. Foster has chosen well. . . . Inclusion of lesser-known authors makes this volume useful. Choice This new biobibliographical guide identifies known and little known Southern black writers to 1953, many of whom have received scant critical attention over the years. A large number of the works of early Southern black creative writers did not reach a wide audience because they were privately printed or simply not considered worthy of note. Yet their contributions form an important part of the Southern literary heritage. Each of these writers is summarized in a brief biographical sketch that includes place of residence in the South, vocation/occupation, and identification by genre, as well as a listing of creative writings and publications in which they originally appeared. An insightful introduction perspective.
Dictionary of American Negro Biography by ISBN: 9780393015133Publication Date: 1983-01-01More than seven hundred entries spanning three centuries of American history recount the lives and accomplishments of Black Americans whose occupations range from explorers and sea captains to artists and scientists.- Early Black American Poets; selections with biographical and critical introductions byPublication Date: 1971, 1973
Cotton, Ralph W.
- Name(s)
- Ralph W. Cotton
- Date of Birth
- Date of Death
- Residence(s)
- Louisville, Fayette County, Kentucky
- Hernando County, Florida
- Education
- Formal education through seventh grade
- Later received his GED while in the military
- Attended classes in psychology, English, and literature at Jefferson Community College in Louisville, Kentucky
- Life Events
- Married Mary Lynn
- Served for two years in the United States Army
- Awards and Recognitions
- Pulitzer Prize nomination for While Angels Dance, 1994
- On Ingram's list of top 50 list for westerns
- Employment
- Signet-Dutton Publishing
- Served as a lay-minister for the Lutheran Church of America
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Writer
Webb's Posse by Publication Date: 2003When the Peltry Gang swoops into Rileyville, the attack is sudden and merciless. Before the townsfolk know what hit them, one of their own lies dead on the dirt street, Deputy Abner Webb is caught with his pants down, and just for good measure, the desperadoes shoot the sheriff and leave him for dead as they head out. Webb knows he must capture the outlaws for what they've done, but that won't be easy for the inexperienced lawman. Yet with the help of a shady horse trader and an ornery schoolmaster, Webb just might bring the gunslingers in on their feet--or slungover their saddles.
Jackpot Ridge by Publication Date: 2003Jack Bell is a good gambler-so good that Early Philpot wants him dead. But up in the mountains, Jack can outlast any lowlife posse Early can rustle up. And he's willing to put them all to the test.
Guns of Wolf Valley by ISBN: 9780451213495Publication Date: 2004-11-02USA Today bestselling author of Dead Man's Canyon. Sloan and C.C. will have to relive their desperado days to drive off a preacher-a man determined to kidnap Sloan's wife for his harem-and his gang of cutthroats. That's unless secrets dredged up from the past don't destroy their partnership first.
Blood Lands by Publication Date: 2006This book is designed to assist small business owners, operators and decision makers with the ability to make effective small business decisions and effectively identify and resolve small business problems. It promotes the understanding that business is not a specific area but consists of various components such as process, strategy, economics, finance, ethics and psychology; and demonstrates the necessity of the understanding and applications of these components for successful business outcomes. the book considers that the reader may already be strapped for time, money and resources. the solutions and concepts are easy, economical and efficient. the content contrasts traditional approach, failure and small business owner philosophy against contemporary approaches and philosophy essential to a business operation facing the challenges of today's small business market in a simple and concise format.
Gunmen of the Desert Sands by Publication Date: 2008Fast Larry Shaw is the fastest gunhand there is. But when he's caught in a town of fear terrorized by both federales and banditos, Shaw's going to have to be more than fast. He'll have to be deadly...
Crossing Fire River by Publication Date: 2009Lawrence Shaw is well-known as the fastest gun alive-and for other reasons he'd just as soon forget. But when he kills two bushwhacking banditos, he becomes quarry for ruthless bounty hunters led by a cunning Mexican agent-and finds a chance for redemption...
Escape from Fire River by Publication Date: 2009Lawrence Shaw is known as the fastest gun alive. But after recovering a fortune in stolen gold, being fast may not be enough. Garris ?The Cat? Cantro and his Border Dogs are remnants of the Confederacy who will fight, steal, and kill to the last man. And with all that gold, they can declare war on all who stand against them. Which is why Shaw is going to make his stand right now.
Gun Country by Publication Date: 2010No one outruns Fast Lawrence Shaw-especially when he runs with them. In the delirium of a mysterious head wound, Shaw stumbles upon the Dexter Lowe Boys on their way to steal some U.S. armament in the badlands. But in his weakened condition, Shaw will need backup. So U.S. Marshals Crayton Dawson and Jedson Caldwell are on their way to help him clean up the borders-by taking out the trash...
Fighting Men by Publication Date: 2010Civil War veteran and former schoolmaster Sherman Dahl rides the Southwest as a gun for hire. Known by both the law and the lawless as "The Teacher", Dahl sells his services to those seeking justice-and is relentless in his pursuit of wanted men.
City of Bad Men by Publication Date: 2011Fast Lawrence Shaw is enjoying some solitude for a change-but it's sorely disrupted when an elite businessman asks him to defend his mining venture. A counter-offer comes from the Cut-jaw gang, who'd like to seize the operation. And Shaw will have to play a deadly balancing act between the two...
Gun Law by Publication Date: 2011On the trail of four wanted men, Sherman Dahl-a hired gun known as "The Teacher"-finds his prey in the town of Kindred in New Mexico Territory. He kills all four in a saloon gunfight that leaves him wounded and in the care of a soiled dove. But the marshal of Kindred is a man above the law, and he wants to take Dahl down...
Midnight Rider by Publication Date: 2012Hired to help steal $50,000 in gold bullion, ex-Pinkerton Avrial "Rock" Rochenbach must earn the trust of some of the West's most notorious outlaws-while protecting his true identity as an undercover U.S. Secret Service Agent...
RANGER SAM BURRACK
- Montana Red (1998)
- Badlands (1998)
- Justice (1999)
- Border Dogs (1999)
- Misery Express (2002); alternate title: Blue Star Tattoo
- Blood Rock (2001)
- Jurisdiction (2002)
- Vengeance Is a Bullet (2003); alternate title: Vengeance
- Sabre's Edge (2003)
- Hell's Riders (2004)
- Showdown at Rio Sagrado (2004)
- Dead Man's Canyon (2004)
- Killing Plain (2005)
- Black Mesa (2005)
- Trouble Creek (2006)
- Gunfight at Cold Devil (2006)
- Guns on the Border (2007); alternate title: Sabio's Redemption
- Killing Texas Bob (2007)
- Nightfall at Little Aces (2008)
- Ambush at Shadow Valley (2006); alternate title: Shadow Valley
- Showdown at Hole-In-The-Wall (2009)
- Riders From Long Pines (2009)
- A Hanging in Wild Wind (2010)
- Black Valley Riders (2010)
- Lawman From Nogales (2011)
- Wildfire (2012)
- Lookout Hill (2012)
- Valley of the Gun (2012)
- High Wild Desert (2013)
- Red Moon (2013)
- Lawless Trail (2013)
- Twisted Hills (2014)
- Shadow River (2014)
- Golden Riders (2014)
- Mesa Grande (2015)
- Scalpers (2015)
- Showdown at Gun Hill (2015)
- Payback at Big Silver (2015)
- A Ranger's Trail (2019)
JESTON NASH
- While Angels Dance (1994)
- Powder River (1995)
- Price of a Horse (1996)
- Cost of a Killing (1996)
- Killers of Man (1997)
- Trick of the Trade (1997)
DANNY DUGGIN (with Ralph Compton)
- Death Rides a Chestnut Mare (1999)
- The Shadow of a Noose (2000)
- Riders of Judgment (2001)
- Death Along the Cimarron (2003)
DEAD OR ALIVE Trilogy
- Hangman's Choice (2000)
- Devil's Due (2001)
- Blood Money (2002)
GUNMAN'S REPUTATION
- Gunman's Song (2004)
- Between Hell and Texas (2004)
- The Law in Somos Santos (2005)
- Bad Day at Willow Creek (2006)
- Fast Guns Out of Texas (2007)
- Ride to Hell's Gate (2008)
WILL SUMMERS
- Summers' Horses (2011)
- Incident at Gunn Point (2012)
- Dark Horses (2014)
GUN CULTURE
- Friend of a Friend (2015)
- Season of the Wind (2017)
- Wade Hall's Kentucky Desk: Interview with Ralph CottonVHS video. 28:45 min.
Covington, Carol Wilson
- Name(s)
- Carol Wilson Covington
- Date of Birth
- Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
- Residence(s)
- Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky
- Education
- Employment
- Mayfield City School Board, 21 years
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
Sonny and Little Cloud by ISBN: 9781642586077Publication Date: 2018-11-05Sonny is very frightened of storms! He shows his fear much like many young children. One very stormy day, Sonny learns that the things that scare him the most actually have a very positive impact on our world and can also be fun for him. Come along with us as Sonny learns from his new friend, Little Cloud, exactly what makes a storm. He learns he can actually enjoy some parts of a storm and that he should be cautious of others. Share this fun and educational trip by way of one child's vivid imagination and a happy and cute little storm cloud that has his own imagination. Read how Little Cloud explains thunder, wind, rain, and lightning to his new young friend. Charming characters bring this book to life. It will surely become a favorite that you will enjoy each time you share Sonny and Little Cloud with your child.
Cox, Joe
- Name(s)
- Joe Cox
- Date of Birth
- September 15, 1980
- Residence(s)
- Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
- Education
- Doctor of Law (J.D.) in Law, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2005
- B.A. in English and Government, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Life Events
- Married, two children
- Employment
- Attorney, Cole, Loney & Cox, PLLC, 2016-present
- Freelance Columnist, Saturday Down South, 2016-present
- Sports Broadcast, GLICOD, 2018-present
- Attorney, Michael K. Bishop & Associates, P.S.C., 2005-2015
- Occupation(s) / Field(s) of Activity
- Lawyer
- Broadcaster
- Writer
100 Things Wildcats Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die by ISBN: 9781600787300Publication Date: 2012-10-05The University of Kentucky men's basketball program is the winningest in the history of the sport, and this book explores those wins along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Wildcats fan should know. Wildcats stars from more than a century of success are highlighted, including Louie Dampier, Pat Riley, Sam Bowie, Jamal Mashburn, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, Travis Ford, and Brandon Knight. The team's colorful coaches are also profiled, including championship winners Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, and Tubby Smith. It takes years of franchise history and highlights the absolute best and most compelling moments, identifying the personalities, events, and facts that have all come together to make Kentucky the powerhouse that it is. Wildcats fans will read about all of this and more, including some of the long-standing traditions that surround this storied club and the necessary mainstays to participate in, making this something that any Wildcats fan will enjoy.
Almost Perfect: The Heartbreaking Pursuit of Pitching's Holy Grail by ISBN: 9781493019502Publication Date: 2017-02-01The rich, poignant tales of major league baseball's most hard-luck fraternity--the pitchers of its Almost-Perfect Games From 1908 to 2015, there have been thirteen pitchers who have begun Major League Baseball games by retiring the first twenty-six opposing batters, but then, one out from completing a perfect game, somehow faltering (or having perfection stolen from them). Three other pitchers did successfully retire twenty-seven batters in a row, but are still not credited with perfect games. While stories of pitching the perfect game have been told and retold, Almost Perfect looks at how baseball, at its core, is about heartbreak, and these sixteen men are closer to what baseball really is, and why we remain invested in the sport. Author Joe Cox visits this notion through a century of baseball and through these sixteen pitchers--recounting their games in thrilling fashion, telling the personal stories of the fascinating (and very human) baseball figures involved, and exploring the historical American and baseball backdrops of each flawed gem. From George "Hooks" Wiltse's nearly perfect game in 1908 to "Hard Luck" Harvey Haddix's 12-inning, 36-consecutive-outs performance on May 26, 1959 (the most astounding single-game pitching performance in baseball history) to Max Scherzer's near miss in 2015, Joe Cox's book captures the action, the humanity, and the history of the national pastime's greatest "almosts."
Fightin' Words: Kentucky vs. Louisville by ISBN: 9781613216415Publication Date: 2014-03-04More than 100 years ago, the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville met for the first time on the basketball court. More than 30 years ago, the intrastate rivals faced each other in the original "Dream Game." Fightin' Words has the inside stories of these games and others from the rivalry, as well as tales of how Louisville coach Denny Crum out-recruited Joe B. Hall for the athletes in inner-city Louisville; how Rick Pitino had a dominant tenure at UK, then left to become the Cardinals' coach; how John Calipari brought UK back on top; and much more. The book covers everything from the 12 games between the rivals before the 1983 game, the 24-year buildup (and 61 years since the last regular season matchup) to the 1983 game and how it finally became an annual rivalry, and then individual chapters for the 31 UK/UL games since. Each chapter contains pregame analysis, game coverage, and postgame discussion, with firsthand interviews from players involved. The authors reveal the effects of each game on both teams and on the history of college basketball. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched by ISBN: 9781493039043Publication Date: 2019-02-01Jackie Robinson famously said that a life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives. As we celebrate Robinson's 100th birthday in January 2019, Stealing Home profiles nine figures whose lives were altered by the "great experiment," as the integration of baseball was called then. Profiled here are Rachel Robinson, the stoic but thoughtful wife; Branch Rickey, the mercurial but far-sighted manager/owner of the Dodgers; Baseball Commissioner "Happy" Chandler, who quietly paved the way for integration; Clyde Sukeforth, the scout whose assessment of Robinson was crucial to the player's success; Red Barber, whose own views on integration were altered by Robinson's example of grace under pressure; Wendell Smith, the prominent black journalist who helped Robinson navigate through the trappings of a racist society; Burt Shotton, who managed Robinson during Robinson's majestic MVP season in 1949; Pee Wee Reese, the Dodgers captain who united the team behind Robinson; and finally, Dixie Walker, the veteran Dodgers star who vowed never to play alongside Robinson, but who was eventually so moved by Robinson's courage that he spent his last years working to improve the skills of such African-American players as Maury Wills, Jim Wynn, and Dusty Baker. As Joe Cox concludes, "Perhaps the ultimate measure of the glory of Robinson's quest is that it converted those inclined against it to see all men as equal, at least on the great field of baseball."
The Immaculate Inning: Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Baseballs Rarest Feats by ISBN: 9781493032129Publication Date: 2018-02-01The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibility--the way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record. Covering a selection of the most unusual, significant, and rare feats in baseball history, both in the context of single-day (and sometimes even single-play) events and those that require a longer streak or a full season's excellence to reach or complete, the book clearly defines how each task is amassed, provides historical background, and tells riveting stories of the ballplayers that did the unthinkable.
The Kentucky Wildcats Fans' Bucket List by ISBN: 9781629371153Publication Date: 2015-11-01The essential collection of activities and experiences for all Wildcats fanatics Even the most die-hard Wildcats fans haven't done everything there is to experience in and around Lexington. From ordering the infamous breadstick at Joe Bologna's Restaurant to visiting the Joe Craft Center, this book provides ideas, recommendations, and insider tips for must-see places and can't-miss activities near campus. But not every experience requires a trip to Lexington; long-distance Wildcats fans can cross some items off their list from the comfort of their own homes. Whether you're attending every home game or supporting the Wildcats from afar, there's something for every fan to do in The Kentucky Wildcat Fans' Bucket List.
Voice of the Wildcats: Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting by ISBN: 9780813147031Publication Date: 2014-09-16As one of the first voices of the University of Kentucky men's basketball program, Claude Sullivan (1924--1967) became a nationally known sportscasting pioneer. His career followed Kentucky's rise to prominence as he announced the first four NCAA championship titles under Coach Adolph Rupp and covered scrimmages during the canceled 1952--1953 season following the NCAA sanctions scandal. Sullivan also revolutionized the coverage of the UK football program with the introduction of a coach's show with Bear Bryant -- a national first that gained significant attention and later became a staple at other institutions. Sullivan's reputation in Kentucky eventually propelled him to Cincinnati, where he became the voice of the Reds, and even to the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome. In Voice of the Wildcats: Claude Sullivan and the Rise of Modern Sportscasting, Claude's son Alan, along with Joe Cox, offers an engaging and heartfelt look at the sportscaster's life and the context in which he built his career. The 1940s witnessed a tremendous growth in sportscasting across the country, and Sullivan, a seventeen year old from Winchester, Kentucky, entered the field when it was still a novel occupation that was paving new roads for broadcast reporting. During the height of his career, Sullivan was named Kentucky's Outstanding Broadcaster by the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters for eight consecutive years. His success was tragically cut short when he passed away from throat cancer at forty-two Featuring dozens of interviews and correspondence with sports legends, including Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones, Babe Parilli, Cliff Hagan, Ralph Hacker, Jim Host, Billy Reed, Adolph Rupp, and Cawood Ledford, this engaging biography showcases the life and work of a beloved broadcast talent and documents the rise of sports radio during the twentieth century.
