Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky [electronic resource] : An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth / edited by John E. Kleber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kleber, John E., 1941-

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--Kentucky--Biography.

Historians.

Kentucky--Historiography.

Kentucky.

Kentucky--Biography.

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005.

Clark, Thomas Dionysius.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Special numbered leatherbound edition, signed by Dr. Clark! By the flip of a coin, Thomas Dionysius Clark became intertwined in the vast history of Kentucky. In 1928, Clark received scholarships to both the University of Cincinnati and to the University of Kentucky. Kentucky won the coin toss and the claim to one of the South's eminent historians. In 1990, when the Kentucky General Assembly honored Clark by declaring him Kentucky's Historian Laureate for life, Governor Brereton Jones described Clark as ""Kentucky's greatest treasure."" Historian, advocate, educator, preservationist, publisher,

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Photo credits; Foreword; Preface; PART I. THE LIFE; Biography; PART II. THE HISTORIAN; Kentucky Historian; Local Historian; Southern Historian; PART III. THE ADVOCATE; Agrarian; Education Advocate; Kentuckian; Preservationist; Publisher; PART IV. THE FRIEND; Colleague; Southern Writer; Friend; Inspirer; Mentor; PART V. THE WORKS; Bibliographic Essay; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic essay of works by and about Thomas D. Clark: p. 219-236.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-2715-7

0-8131-5742-0

OCLC:

903959696