What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? This is the first book written about John Paul Merton, Thomas Merton’s younger brother. Neither scholar nor saint, the life of John Paul Merton illustrates there is more than one way to live a meaningful and holy life. His was a quietly […]
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What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? All of my books are a celebration and motivation for Kentucky’s beautiful outdoors! If you’re looking for an easy walk in the woods, a heart-thumping hike atop a mountain ridge or simply a wander through a public garden, I have lots […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? My latest book, Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence, is the history of a duel that took place near Maysville, Kentucky, during the Civil War between a Union colonel and a pro-Confederate civilian. The […]
YOU are fighting for freedom from enslavement for yourself and others during the mid-1800s. Will you escape to freedom? And will you help others escape as part of the Underground Railroad’s network of freedom fighters? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people faced […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Our book, The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts (2023) Whom do you invite to stop by? Who will benefit from reading your book? Anyone interested in fairness in […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Abandoned Kentucky is a captivating hardcover book spanning 133 pages that transports the reader to a bygone era in the Bluegrass State, showing life as it was back then, and stirring in us a sense of wonder and curiosity about those who […]
YOU are fighting for freedom from enslavement for yourself and others during the mid-1800s. Will you escape to freedom? And will you help others escape as part of the Underground Railroad’s network of freedom fighters? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Sown in the Stars: Planting by the Signs (University Press of Kentucky, 2023) is a book about the practice of planting crops and doing other activities as guided by the moon/zodiac signs. It brings together information from interviews that were conducted […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? My most recent book is the paperback version of Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy, a nonfiction book packed full of fascinating stories about gender, sexuality and race in sports. It starts with the story of how cheerleading went […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? In addition to my latest book, “Reflections of a Scared Soldier Boy in Vietnam: God, Redlegs, and Blueboys,” I will be selling a companion piece titled “Love Notes from Nam,” featuring my daily notes of devotion to my wife during my […]
YOU are fighting for freedom from enslavement for yourself and others during the mid-1800s. Will you escape to freedom? And will you help others escape as part of the Underground Railroad’s network of freedom fighters? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real people […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Visitors will find copies of our Book, of course. Additionally, I plan to have information from Hospice of the Bluegrass (dba Bluegrass Care Navigators) and The Palliative Care Center at the University of KY. If there are other pertinent programs, I […]