| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; ONE: Rocclicgan; TWO: The Folks at Home; THREE: Bourbon County Boyhood; FOUR: Horse Country; FIVE: Ed Simms and Xalapa; SIX: Claiborne Farm; SEVEN: A Hero of World War I; EIGHT: Prich; NINE: Barton Stone and Cane Ridge; TEN: Cap'n; Epilogue |
| Summary |
War hero. Lawyer. U.S. Senate candidate. Horse lover. Farm boy. Fundraiser. To this impressive list add one more role ably filled by Philip Ardery: master storyteller. Heroes and Horses presents a series of delightful vignettes evoking a way of life almost beyond recall. Bourbon County, the touchstone for Ardery's life, is the center that holds together the tales in the collection. Stories about Ardery's family home, ""Rocclicgan, "" boyhood activities on the farm, and the servants' kitchen gossip paint vivid portraits of a lost time in Kentucky's history. Though the Ardery family and most of th |
| Analysis |
Ardery, Philip 1914- |
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Bluegrass Region (Ky.) Social life and customs |
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Bourbon County (Ky.) Biography |
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Bourbon County (Ky.) Social life and customs |
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Horse farms Kentucky Bourbon County |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Ardery, Philip, 1914-
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Ardery, Philip, 1914- fast |
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Horse farms -- Kentucky -- Bourbon County
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Horse farms
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Manners and customs
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Bourbon County (Ky.) -- Social life and customs
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Bluegrass Region (Ky.) -- Social life and customs
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Bourbon County (Ky.) -- Biography
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Kentucky -- Bluegrass Region
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Kentucky -- Bourbon County
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813148601 |
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081314860X |
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