Kentuckians in history and literature
By: by John Wilson Townsend.
Publisher: The Neale Publishing Company
Published: 1907
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Filson Club; Kentucky Historical Society; Kentucky -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: "One of the essays was published in the St. Louis Globe-democrat last summer; two have appeared in the Kentucky historical society's publication, the Register; and four of them were printed in the Transylvanian, the Kentucky university paper."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: The first Kentucky novelist [Gilbert Imlay]; title: Kentuckians in the halls of fame; title: A forgotten singer [Mary E. Betts]; title: The first Kentucky historian [John Filson]; title: A few of Barry's letters; title: The first Kentucky poet [Thomas Johnson]; title: Old Solomon [William Solomon]; title: The Filson club; title: The Kentucky historical society; title: Has Kentucky produced a poet?; title: Chivers; title: One word more.