For our 75th episode, Mariam interviews Peter Brackney about The History Lovers' Guide to Lexington and Central KY, his new book co-written with the late Foster Ockerman, Jr. They discuss some of the places that were selected for the book, and how it's important for history to remain in context as markers are placed or removed, or places renamed. The History Lovers' Guide to Lexington, KY is available for checkout from the library or for purchase from your local booksellers.
Lexington: America's Legendary Racehorse with Kim Wickens (2024)
Quilting Kentucky's Stories: The Fairy Tree by Leo York
Revisiting the 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak after 50 Years (2024)
The Life of Ella Offutt Pepper (2024)
Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Pants by Retha Hicks
Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Donna Carter's Speech for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Pralltown (2024)
Coming Soon: Quilting Kentucky's Stories
Anatomy of a Duel: an Interview with Stuart Sanders (2024)
Village Branch: The Little Library That Could (2023)
Kentucky and the War of 1812: the Governor, the Farmers and the Pig: An Interview with Doris Settles (2023)
Segregated Lexington: An Interview with Rona Roberts and Barbara Sutherland (2023)
Bluegrass Paradise: the History of Royal Spring with Gary O’Dell (2023)
Street Names in Lexington, Part Two: The Streets Not Named for Horses (2023)
Lexington's 1965 Fallout Shelter Plan (2023)
Gay Poems for Red States: An Interview with Willie Carver, Jr. (2023)
Street Names in Lexington, Part One: Horse Names (2023)
The 1964 March on Frankfort (2023)
The 20th Anniversary of the Lexington Ice Storm
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