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Appalachian Region Social conditions Edwards, E. Jay (Elisha Jay) 1847-1924 HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Kentucky Social conditions Poverty Appalachian Region Poverty Kentucky Spectators United States History 19th century SPORTS & RECREATION / Walking United States Politics and government Walking United States History 19th centuryAlgeo, Matthew.
Summary: Recounts the summer of 1893 when President Grover Cleveland disappeared for five days, covering up a surgery to remove cancer from his palate and jaw.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEVELAND, GROVER ALGAlgeo, Matthew
Summary: "In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of the region, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met, and explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.922 ALGAlgeo, Matthew.
Summary: "Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, football, or horse racing--it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest--500 miles, then 520 miles, then 565 miles! These...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014