Old Burnside [electronic resource] / Harriette Simpson Arnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson, 1908-1986.

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

The Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Kentucky--Burnside.

Burnside (Ky.)--Biography.

Burnside (Ky.).

Kentucky--Intellectual life--20th century.

Kentucky.

Burnside (Ky.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson, 1908-1986--Homes and haunts--Kentucky--Burnside.

Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1977]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early years of this century, Burnside, Kentucky, was a bustling community perched on and above the floodplain formed by the Cumberland River and the South Fork. It was a center for shipping by rail and steamboat packet, and its lumber mills sent their products all over the world. The lower part of the town -- once the heart of its economic being -- now lies beneath the waters of Lake Cumberland, and the remaining streets above no longer resound with the clatter and roar of older and busier times. Harriet Simpson Arnow moved to Burnside with her parents and sisters in 1913, a few months

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; 1. Two Rivers and a Canebrake; 2. Point Isabel Becomes Burnside; 3. Life in Lower Burnside; 4. Higher in Lower Burnside; 5. Settling on Tyree's Knob; 6. Great Events; 7. Burnside School; 8. More Great Events; 9. Grief and Good-byes; Epilogue; A Note on Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0860-8

0-8131-4889-8

OCLC:

557861033