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Her Wildest Dreams

Her Wildest Dreams, also titled Wicked Wild Fantasies, is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2004.

## Description

Always the wallflower, Alison Ryan is used to being ignored and pushed around. Everybody takes her for granted, even the strung-out would-be mugger who tried to steal her purse late one night. She can't say who was more surprised when she stood up to him... the mugger, herself... or Detective Alex O'Malley, her brother's best friend and the man she's loved for most of her life.

When a little bit of comforting goes sideways, Ali ends up living out one of her most hidden fantasies, having Alex's mouth on hers, his hands sliding all over her body.

The last thing Alex O'Malley expected was to wake up and find himself wrapped around his best friend's baby sister. He'd just been trying to be a friend and he wakes up in wonderland. Before he could get his head wrapped around what's going on, though, his mouth gets him in trouble and Alison takes off. Plagued by guilt and a need that just won't quit, he keeps away from her.

When life has them crashing back together, Alex can hardly believe his eyes. The shy mouse who used to pretend she wasn't staring at him is gone and in her place is a strong, sexy confident woman who isn't afraid to take her life - and her needs - into her own hands.

Determined to convince her to give him a chance, Alex sets out to make her understand that he is the one man who can make all her wicked, wild fantasies come true.

Previously published as HER WILDEST DREAMS. This title has been extensively rewritten and revised. New material has been added and it has been re-edited.
Guilty Obsessions

Guilty Obsessions is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2010.

## Description

Vikky is discontented. She is tired of her vanilla life and the bumbling lovers who inhabit it. She wants-needs-a strong man to take charge and lead the way to her wild side. She has dreams. . . She dreams of a man who makes all the other men in her life pale in comparison, a man who knows exactly what she wants, and he wants nothing more than to give it to her. But such a guy, to her knowledge, doesn't exist in reality. So what else can a woman do at Christmastime to help that dream along? She can ask Santa for one. And my, oh my, does Santa listen. . . When Erik agreed to help out an old friend by wearing a goofy costume and playing Santa for a weekend at a local mall, he had no idea that a sleek, sexy woman from his past would show up and whisper her dark, sexy daydreams into his ear. But he wasted no time in making her fantasies come true. But something odd is going on. There is a connection between them that neither could have prepared for. A compulsion that drives them to risk all for the other's touch. Memories of a life lived in another era. Heartbreak and yearning for an enduring love that was destroyed by bitter hatred. To overcome the anguish of their dark past, these lovers must relive the pain and horror of the events that shattered their lives so long ago. They must discover the reason for the otherworldly connection that enthralls them. Only then can they find happiness in this life. gether, as they were always meant to be. The day his wife died, Colby knew his life was over. At least, that's how he wanted it to be. He didn't want to feel anything, not even when his wife's best friend, Bree, offered him solace. He just took off. But he couldn't outrun the pain and he couldn't outrun the dreams. Hot, sweaty dreams that threaten to drive him mad. He can't stop thinking about Bree. A year later, he returns home, determined to close the book on his old life. But those dreams-those dark, guilty needs-haven't gone away. They threaten to consume him.
Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses

Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 1996.

## Description

The Bailey City Library is in an old, gothic building with six large gargoyles perched on the roof. At least, there used to be six. Now there are only five . . . and the new bus driver, Mr. Stone, looks exactly like one of the statues! Could Mr. Stone be a living gargoyle?
Francis Johnson

Francis Johnson (June 19, 1776 – May 16, 1842) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Johnson pursued preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1796 and to Bowling Green in 1807. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1812, 1813, and 1815.

Johnson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Walker and reelected to the Seventeenth Congress.

Johnson was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress and served from November 13, 1820, to March 4, 1827. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses). He moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1829 and resumed the practice of law. He served as Commonwealth attorney for the fifth district. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, May 16, 1842. He was interred in the old family burial ground, later a municipal playground.
Historical Marker 2285 - Lexington, 1850-1875

Historical Marker 2285 - Lexington, 1850-1875 is located on 301 East Vine Street in Lexington, Fayette County.

## Description

Famous thoroughbred stallion bred by Elisha Warfield, "father of Ky. Turf." One of the first major stallions in the area, helped center US breeding industry in Ky. Stood at Robert Alexander's Woodburn Farm. Farm fell victim to Morgan's Raiders during Civil War, and Lexington was sent to Illinois to escape capture.

(Reverse) Fastest horse of his time and greatest sire of his day. Produced more champion offspring than any other stallion. Led US sire list for 16 years, a record that still holds today. Grandsire of Aristides, first Ky. Derby winner. Inducted into National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame 1955.
Her Deadly Mischief

Her Deadly Mischief is a novel written by Beverle Graves Myers. It was first published in 2009.

## Description

Venice, 1742.

Tito Amato has regained his zest for performing and is once again singing lead roles at the Teatro San Marco. On opening night, the famous castrato has the entire audience entrancedexcept for one box with its scarlet curtains stubbornly drawn. Annoyed at being ignored, Tito aims the full force of his golden throat at the fourth-tier box. He is astounded when the curtains part and a woman tumbles over the railing.

The victim is Zulietta Giardino, a mischievous courtesan involved with a young glass maker. Did a wager over a rival courtesan's jewels spell Zulietta's death? Or did the motive involve sinister events in the glass factories of Murano?
Girty

Girty is a novel written by Richard Taylor. It was first published in 1990.

## Description

GIRTY is the story of Simon Girty, probably the man most hated by Americans during the Revolutionary War. An acquaintance of Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone, he sided with the Indians and British and fought against the Americans on the frontier throughout the Ohio Valley.

One of his most infamous victories was at the Battle of Blue Licks, considered by many to be the last battle of the Revolutionary War, where many Kentucky frontiersmen were killed, including the son of Daniel Boone.
Green Adams

Green Adams (August 20, 1812 – January 18, 1884) was a lawyer and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky on August 20, 1812.

He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1839, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1844, he served as a presidential elector for the Whig Party. He was elected as a member of the Whig Party to the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky in 1847, remaining in that capacity through 1849. He was made a judge of the Circuit Court of Kentucky in 1851, remaining there though 1856. In 1859, he was reelected to the United States Congress for one term on the Opposition Party ticket. At the end of that term, in 1861, he was appointed the sixth auditor of the United States Treasury Department, remaining there through 1864.

He later set up a legal practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in Philadelphia on January 18, 1884. He is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf

How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf is a novel written by Molly Harper. It was first published in 2011.

## Description

Northern Exposure

Even in Grundy, Alaska, it's unusual to find a naked guy with a bear trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a wolf, recent southern transplant Mo Wenstein has no difficulty identifying the problem. Her surly neighbor Cooper Graham—who has been openly critical of Mo's ability to adapt to life in Alaska—has trouble of his own. Werewolf trouble.

For Cooper, an Alpha in self-imposed exile from his dysfunctional pack, it's love at first sniff when it comes to Mo. But Cooper has an even more pressing concern on his mind. Several people around Grundy have been the victims of wolf attacks, and since Cooper has no memory of what he gets up to while in werewolf form, he's worried that he might be the violent canine in question.

If a wolf cries wolf, it makes sense to listen, yet Mo is convinced that Cooper is not the culprit. Except if he's not responsible, then who is? And when a werewolf falls head over haunches in love with you, what are you supposed to do anyway? The rules of dating just got a whole lot more complicated. . . .
Happy Haunting!

Happy Haunting! is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 2004.

## Description

Welcome to fright night! Mr. Morton's third graders have invited family and friends to visit their classroom. Cassidy, Jeff, and Nina are all set to turn the school basement into a haunted house for the festival. The problem is that the basement is already haunted! And these ghosts don't like visitors!

Can Cassidy and her classmates stop the ghosts before they crash the party? Or will their parents find out that the school is haunted...for real?
Historical Marker 828 - Fort Anderson

Historical Marker 828 - Fort Anderson is located at the end of 4th Street in Paducah, McCracken County.

## Description

Union fortification built, 1861, by Gen. Charles F. Smith. Manned by 5,000 troops. Jump-off for Grant's Miss. Valley Campaign. Fort was attacked March 25, 1864 by CSA Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's forces. Col. Albert P. Thompson, CSA, of Paducah killed. CSA burned riverfront warehouses. Next day USA troops under Col. S. G. Hicks burned homes in range of the fort. Presented by Paducah Sun-Democrat.
Hounds on the Mountain

Hounds on the Mountain is a collection of poetry written by James Still. It was first published in 1937.

## Description

This first edition is limited to seven hundred and fifty copies of which seven hundred were for sale." Copyright page reads "First Published in June 1937". viii, 55 pages. James Still was born Alabama, moved to Kentucky where he was librarian for several years at Hindman Settlement School, later taught at Morehead State University. This, his first book, established his reputation which was enhanced further when he wrote his first and most famous novel River of Earth.
Historical Marker 1025 - Irvin S. Cobb Said:

Historical Marker 1025 - Irvin S. Cobb Said: is located on the corner of 3rd and Broadway in Paducah, McCracken County.

## Description

"Here in Paducah one encounters, I claim, an agreeable blend of Western kindliness, and Northern enterprises, superimposed upon a Southern background. Here, I claim, more chickens are fried, more hot biscuits are eaten, more corn pone is consumed, and more genuine hospitality is offered than in any town of like size in the commonwealth."

(Reverse) Alben W. Barkley Said: "Paducah is a town with a distinct flavor. It was-and is-a good place, an interesting place, in which to live. A great part of its personality is derived from such colorful citizens as Judge Bishop (the living prototype of Cobb's fictional Judge Priest), Irvin Cobb and others." Marker presented by Shiva Artist Colors.
GAR Monument in Covington

The Grand Army of the Republic Monument, in the Linden Grove Cemetery of Covington, Kentucky, was built in 1929 by the O. P. Sine of Garfield Post No. 2 of the Grand Army of the Republic, a group comprising the remaining veterans of the Union army.

This was the second memorial built by the Grand Army of the Republic in the commonwealth of Kentucky, with the first being built in Kentucky's capital city of Frankfort, Kentucky, the Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort. Most GAR monuments are built in courthouse squares, but both in Kentucky are in cemeteries. By the time interest in building such memorials to the Civil War had waned; most G.A.R. had been built long before Covington's. It is the only monument related to the war in Kentucky shaped like a sarcophagus. It measures three feet high, three feet tall, and is ten feet long. It is made of concrete, and was painted white.

Most monuments to the War in Kentucky were made to honor Confederate soldiers/veterans/memories. Though many regions in the state were pro-Union during the war, by Reconstruction Kenton County, Kentucky was one of the few places in Kentucky where sentiment was still decidedly pro-Union, which is why the Grand Army of the Republic chose Covington in particular for this monument.

On July 17, 1997, it was one of sixty different monuments to the Civil War in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission. It is a few feet from the Veteran's Monument in Covington, which was also on the same MPS, but was built four years after the G.A.R. Monument was.
Frek and the Elixer

Frek and the Elixer is a novel written by Rudy Rucker. It was first published in 2004.

## Description

In the year 3003, nothing in the world is the same, except maybe that adolescents are still embarrassed by their parents. Society and the biosphere alike have been transformed by biotechnology, and the natural world is almost gone.

Frek Huggins is a boy from a broken family, a misfit because he's a natural child, conceived without technological help or genetic modifications. His dad, Carb, is a malcontent who left behind Frek's mom and the Earth itself several years ago.

Everything changes when Frek finds the Anvil, a small flying saucer, under his bed, and it tells him he is destined to save the world. The repressive forces of Gov, the mysterious absolute ruler of Earth, descend on Frek, take away the Anvil, and interrogate him forcefully enough to damage his memory. Frek flees with Wow, his talking dog, to seek out Carb and some answers. But the untrustworthy alien in the saucer has other plans, including claiming exclusive rights to market humanity to the galaxy at large, and making Frek a hero.
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir

Geography of the Heart: A Memoir is a book written by Fenton Johnson. It was first published in 1996.

## Description

An unforgettable book about the transformative power of love — how it makes us into the bravest and best persons we are capable of being. With grace and affection, Johnson recounts the history of “how I fell in love, how I came to be with someone else, how he came to death and how I helped, how in the end love enables us to continue beyond death.” At the same time, Johnson interweaves two stories: his own upbringing as the youngest of a Kentucky whiskey maker’s nine children, and that of his lover Larry Rose, the only child of German Jews, survivors of the Holocaust. This memoir affirms and embraces the mysterious workings of joy and grief, love and loss in our lives.
Historical Marker 1355 - Bristow, The Soldier-Birthplace

Historical Marker 1355 - Bristow, The Soldier-Birthplace is located on South Main Street in Elkton, Todd County.

## Description

Benjamin Helm Bristow, 1832-1896, Federal officer and staunch Unionist during secession. Active recruiter of 25th Volunteer Militia, of which he was Lt. Col., and 8th Ky. Cavalry, which he served as Col. At Fort Donelson and Shiloh battles, 1862. A leader in capture of Morgan and raiders, 1863. Elected state senate while still in field, 1863. Over.

(Reverse) Bristow, the Lawyer - Practiced law here until 1858. (See over for military career.) From 1866-70, US attorney for district of Kentucky. First US Solicitor General, 1870-72. As Secretary of Treasury, 1874-76, exposed frauds in "Whiskey Ring" operating in mid-west. In 1876, lost Republican presidential nomination to Rutherford B. Hayes. Leading member Ky. Bar Assn. until 1878, when he moved to New York.
Janna McMahan Bibliography

## Novels

* 2001 – Undertow
* 2008 – Calling Home
* 2009 – The Ocean Inside
* 2012 – Anonymity

## Short Stories

* 1998 – The Snag
* 2000 – Up the Creek
* 2002 – See Money
* 2002 – Dry Land Fish
* 2004 – Pluff Mud
* 2005 – Seeing Things
* 2006 – What's Left Standing
* 2006 – Intruder
* 2006 – Rolling Boil
* 2008 – Candy Cigarettes
* 2009 – Snow Angels
* 2014 – The Curator
* 2016 – Scab
Hill Man

Hill Man is a novel written by Janice Holt Giles. It was first published in 1954.

## Description

The novel's hero is Rady Cromwell, a man with dangerous ways that make men admire him and women love him. Born the son of a preacher in the hills of Kentucky, Rady grows into a shrewd but likeable prankster and hell-raiser with a gift for separating people from their money. Beginning his adult life with nothing more than a gun, a dog, and a guitar, Rady becomes a backwoods entrepreneur, working diligently to climb the social and economic ladder.

Hill Man follows Rady from his poor beginnings through his conquests of various women and pieces of property. Bold, inventive, hard working, and good natured, Rady follows every opportunity that comes along and takes great pride in raising a herd of cattle or a successful crop of corn or tobacco. Yet he also delights in singing folk ballads around a fire, in the thrill of a foxhunt by moonlight, and in the refreshing waters of a stream after a long day in the fields.
Historical Marker 1827 - Benedict Joseph Flaget (1763-1850)

Historical Marker 1827 - Benedict Joseph Flaget (1763-1850) is located on the Courthouse lawn in Bardstown, Nelson County.

## Description

A priest for 62 years, the "First Bishop of the West" became Bishop of Bardstown, 1810; of Louisville, 1841. Jurisdiction embraced area of Ky., Tenn., and old Northwest Territory. Flaget directed founding of colleges, congregations, and St. Joseph's Cathedral; witnessed ten dioceses formed from region. Bishop buried in Louisville.
Genetic Bomb

Genetic Bomb is a novel written by Andrew J. Offutt and D. Bruce Berry. It was first published in 1975.

## Description

Flash Casey should know better than to take a roll of film from a desperate man. Stopping for a drink on his way home from work, a fellow news photographer gives him a canister to safeguard. The next morning, Casey wakes up with gunmen in his bedroom, looking for the film that could implicate one of their associates in a killing. To save his friend's life, Casey hands over the negatives, expecting that to be the end of it. He's wrong.
Frankfort in Pictures

Frankfort in Pictures is a book written by Nicky Hughes, Russell Hatter and photographs by Gene Burch. It was published in 2000.

## Description

We hope that the spectacular photographs in this book do justice to that past and will help guarantee that Frankfort remains the pleasant place to live -- and delightful place to visit -- that it has been most days since James Wilkinson first laid eyes on the place -- Mrs. Wilkinson's opinion notwithstanding...
Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips

Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 1992.

## Description

Spooky things are happening in Aunt Matilda's house. Potato chips on the floor are spelling out secret messages and forming trails. And if Aunt Matilda is snoring in her bed, then who is whistling a tune? There must be a ghost in Aunt Matilda's house.
Harry M. Caudill

Harry M. Caudill (May 3, 1922 – November 29, 1990) was an American author, historian, lawyer, legislator, and environmentalist from Letcher County, in the coalfields of southeastern Kentucky.

Caudill served in World War II as a private in the U.S. Army and was elected three times as to the Kentucky State House of Representatives. He taught in the History Department at the University of Kentucky from 1976 to 1984.

A common theme explored in many of Caudill's writings is the historic underdevelopment of the Appalachian region (particularly his own home area of southeastern Kentucky). In several of his books (most prominently Night Comes to the Cumberlands, 1962) and many of his published articles, he probes the historical poverty of the region, which he attributes in large part to the rapacious policies of the coal mining industries active in the region, as well as their backers: bankers of the northeastern United States. He notes that such interests most often had their headquarters not in Appalachia but in the Northeast or Midwest, and thus failed to properly reinvest their sizable profits in the Appalachian region. Following publication of Night Comes to the Cumberlands, President John F. Kennedy appointed a commission to investigate conditions in the region and subsequently more than $15 billion in aid was invested in the region over twenty-five years.

In his later years he became an active opponent of the rapidly growing practice of strip mining as practiced by companies working in Appalachia, which he believed was causing irreparable harm to the land and its people. He published articles in many magazines in addition to speaking out about the subject. Caudill pointed out that strip mining could be done responsibly as in England, Germany, and Czechoslovakia where topsoil, subsoil, and rocks are removed separately and placed back in layers in their original order.

Caudill became interested in the work of William Shockley, a scientist with controversial eugenicist stances at Stanford University in California. Caudill came to believe in Shockley's theory of "dysgenics," the argument that unintelligent people weaken the genes of a 'race' over time. He felt that "genetic decline" in Eastern Kentucky contributed to issues of poverty. "The slobs continue to multiply," Caudill wrote in a 1975 letter to Time magazine. The editors of Time rejected Caudill's letter.

He also produced several volumes of folklore and oral history, which he collected himself from residents of the area centering on Letcher County and Harlan County, Kentucky. One of those oral history interviews in 1941 of a man who would have been about 90 years old, was the basis for the 1995 movie, "Pharoah's Army," starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Kris Kristofferson.

Caudill killed himself with a gunshot to the head in 1990, faced with an advancing case of Parkinson's disease. He is buried in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Kentucky.

The Harry M. Caudill Library located in Whitesburg, Kentucky, the main library of the Letcher County Public Library District, is named for Caudill.
Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 2001.

## Description

When chew toys start to disappear and doggie treats are missing from the schoolyard, the Barkley dogs are suspicious. Could it be Sweetcakes, the bully Doberman, playing her old tricks? Jack learns that the true culprit may have to do with an old legend of a ghost dog...
Graham Watkins Bibliography

## Novels

* 1989 – Dark Winds
* 1991 – The Fire Within
* 1993 – Kaleidoscope Eyes
* 1995 – Virus
* 1997 – Interception
* 2013 – The Cloud Serpents
* 2013 – Crystal Spiders
* 2014 – Not Our Kind

## Short Stories

* 1991 – Balefire
* 1992 – Rendezvous
* 1993 – Wooden Cows
* 1993 – Hillbettys
* 1994 – The Red Sax
* 1994 – Weeping Women
* 1994 – A Night to Remember
* 1994 – Coffin Nails
* 1994 – A Moment of Ecstasy
* 1994 – A Third World
* 1995 – Here There Be Spyders
* 1995 – Eclipse
* 1996 – Ravenmockers
* 1997 – Comeback
* 1998 – In the Interest of Science
* 1998 – Fulfillment
* 2006 – Relic
* 2006 – First Contact
* 2007 – Revenmocker
James William Bryan

James William Bryan (June 9, 1853 – April 8, 1903) was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.

Bryan was born in Millersburg on June 9, 1853 to Lawrence Bryan and Katherine Power, both natives of Ireland.

In 1887, he ran for, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving a full four-year term under Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner.

Bryan moved to Covington to study law and died there April 8, 1903. He was initially interred in Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell but later was reinterred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
James J. Gaffney

James J. Gaffney (June 18, 1863 – November 30, 1946), most often known as J. J. Gaffney, was an American architect in Louisville, Kentucky.

Gaffney was born to Michael Gaffney and Anna McMullen on June 18, 1863 in Louisville. His parents were Irish Catholic refugees from the potato famine of 1845-1847.

Gaffney grew up to be an architect despite no evidence of any formal training yet a number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1881 Gaffney took a job as draftsman with architect Charles Julian Clarke, where he learned the skills that would later earn him his fame. His widely diverse commissions included ecclesiastical, institutional, residential, and commercial buildings. His individual style built upon a variety of influences, ranging from Victorian to Byzantine to Arts and Crafts.

He died November 30, 1946 in Louisville and was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery.

His works include:

* Adath Jeshurun Temple and School, 749-757 S. Brook St., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Bosler Fireproof Garage (later called the Morrissey Garage), 423 S. 3rd St., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Gaffney House (1910-1927), River Road between Longview Lane and Boxhill Lane, Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Highlands Historic District, Louisville, Kentucky. Gaffney is credited with several homes in the district, including those located at 703 Rubel Avenue (built 1899), 1411 Highland Avenue (built 1898), 2017-19 Murray Avenue (built 1907), and probable attribution to the homes at 1222 and 1224 East Broadway (built 1901).
* Marmaduke Building, 520 S. Fourth Ave., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Repton, 314 Ridgedale Rd., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and School, 1430 Bardstown Rd., 1826 and 1818 Edenside Ave., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Taggart House, 5000 Bardstown Rd., Buechel, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Thierman Apartments, 416-420 W. Breckinridge St., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
* Waverly Hills Sanatorium, later known as Waverly Hills Geriatrics Center, 8101 Dixie Hwy., Louisville, Kentucky, NRHP-listed
Fred Koster

Frederick Charles "Fritz" Koster (December 21, 1905 – April 24, 1979) was born December 21, 1905 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1931 season.

Koster attended the University of Louisville, where he played college baseball for the Cardinals from 1926 to 1928.

Koster died in St. Matthews, Kentucky and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
January 11

**January 11th**

* 1849 – John Croghan died, aged 58.
* 1865 – Joseph Henry Bush died, aged ~73.
* 1869 – Olive Tilford Dargan born.
* 1870 – Alice Hegan Rice born.
* 1901 – John Gregg Fee died, aged 84.
* 1904 – John Y. Brown died, aged 68.
* 1913 – Jean Murrell Capers born.
* 1946 – Naomi Judd born.
* 1990 – Kittens Reichert died, aged 79.
Galen Beknighted

Galen Beknighted is a novel written by Michael Williams. It was first published in 1990.

## Description

The Reluctant Knight Returns

Becoming a knight has changed the Weasel very little. Galen Pathwarden is still reluctant to adventure, still out to save his own skin at virtually any cost. But when his brother Brithelm vanishes mysteriously, Galen sets aside his better judgement and embarks on a quest that leads under the earth, deep into a conspiracy of darkness, and to the end of his courage.
Jazzmarr Ferguson

Jazzmarr Ferguson (born March 22, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Biella of the Serie A2 Basket.

Ferguson went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. He signed his first Pro contract with Moncton Miracles of the NBL Canada. After the end of the Canadian season, he moved to Australia, finalizing a deal with Albury Wodonga Bandits of the SEABL, the second-tier Australian League. The following season, he joined the Bendigo Braves, in the same league.

On August 29, 2013 he signed in Italy with Fulgor Libertas Forlì in the second Italian league. Here he plays 29 games averaging 17.6 points and 2.7 assists per game shooting an excellent 41.8% from behind the arc.

On July 28, 2014 he reached an agreement with Vanoli Cremona of Serie A, the top Italian league.
Insiders' Guide to Louisville

Insiders' Guide to Louisville is a book written by David Dominé. It was first published in 2010.

## Description

*Insiders' Guide to Louisville* is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs.
Jim Beam

James Beauregard "Jim" Beam (August 25, 1864 - December 27, 1947) was a businessman, bourbon distiller and folk legend.

Beam was born August 25, 1864 in Nelson County to David M. Beam and Margaret Ellen Phillips.

Jim Beam turned the family bourbon business into an american industry. Under Jim, the business thrived despite prohibition. Jim left the distilling business to grow citrus in Florida, among other things. When prohibition ended in 1934 Jim was ready to fire up the still. He built and moved to a new distillery near his home which is the current location in Clermont.

The James B. Beam Distilling Company was founded in 1935 by Harry L. Homel, Oliver Jacobson, Harry Blum, and Jeremiah Beam. From this point forward, the bourbon would be called "Jim Beam Bourbon" after James Beauregard Beam, and some of the bottle labels bear the statement, "None Genuine Without My Signature" with the signature James B. Beam. In 1945, the company was purchased by Harry Blum, a Chicago spirits merchant. The Beam company was purchased by American Brands in 1968.

Beam died December 27, 1947, at the age of 83, in Bardstown, Nelson County. He was buried in Bardstown City Cemetery.
Interrupted Aria

Interrupted Aria is a novel written by Beverle Graves Myers. It was first published in 2004.

## Description

Venice, 1731.

The dazzling city on the lagoon is sailing toward the ruin of her maritime empire, determined to go down in a maelstrom of pleasure, music, and masquerade.

Opera is the popular entertainment of the day and the castrati are its reigning divas. Tito Amato, undergoing surgery as a boy to preserve his enchanting soprano voice, returns to the city of his birth with his friend Felice, a castrato whose voice has failed.

Disaster strikes Tito's opera debut when the singer loses one beloved friend to poison and another to unjust accusation and arrest. Alarmed that the merchant-aristocrat who owns the theater is pressing the authorities to close the case, Tito races the executioner to find the real killer. The possible suspects could people the cast of one of his operas: a libertine nobleman and his spurned wife, a jealous soprano, an ambitious composer, and a patrician family bent on the theater's ruin.

With carnival gaiety swirling around him and rousing Venetian passions to an ominous crescendo, Tito finds that the most astonishing secrets lurk behind the masks of his own family and friends.
Joe Rue

Joseph William Rue (June 14, 1898 – December 1, 1984) was born June 14, 1898 in Danville, Kentucky. He was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1938 to 1947. Rue umpired 1,519 major league games in his 10-year career. He also umpired in the 1943 World Series and All-Star Game.

Rue died December 1, 1984 in Laguna Hills, California.
Jacob Golladay

Jacob Shall Golladay (January 19, 1819 – May 20, 1887) was a 19th-century politician from Kentucky. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate, followed by two terms as a United States Representative for the 3rd congressional district (1867 to 1870). His brother Edward Isaac Golladay also became an attorney and served as a US Congressman from Tennessee.

James Golladay was born January 19, 1819 in Lebanon, Tennessee. His father Isaac was a descendant of French Hugenots who emigrated to Virginia about 1700 to escape religious persecution in France. The spelling of the family name is likely an anglicized version of the French surname "Gallaudet". His mother was of German ancestry, with immigrant ancestors who arrived later in the 18th century.

In 1815 the Golladay family moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, where both Jacob and his younger brother Edward were born. After attending public school, Jacob moved in 1838 to Logan County, Kentucky (later organized as Todd County), where he worked for seven years in a wholesale store. In 1845 he settled in Allensville, on the southern border of the state, where he started a practice as a lawyer.

In 1846 Golladay married Elizabeth Cheatham, step-daughter of Prof. VV. K. Bolling, of Nashville, Tennessee, who became president of the American Medical Association. They had five children: Melissa, John Jacob, Archer, Bowling, and Elizabeth. Only Bowling survived to adulthood; he was educated at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. All of the children are buried beside their parents.

In 1851 Golladay won election as a Whig to the Kentucky House of Representatives representing Allensville. He resigned in 1853 to take up a seat in the Kentucky Senate, stepping down in 1855 after a single term.

In 1860, Golladay was chosen as an elector for Constitutional Union Party presidential candidate John Bell and running mate Edward Everett for the Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. This party favored preservation of the Union, but urged compromise and peaceful solutions.

On December 5, 1867 he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress, representing Kentucky's 3rd congressional district following the death of the previous Representative, Elijah Hise. He was re-elected to the Forty-first Congress but retired on May 20, 1887, before the end of his term.

After Congress, Golladay resumed his legal practice in Allensville, Kentucky. He died near Russellville in 1887 and was buried next to his son in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Joe Keith Bickett

Joe Keith Bickett lives roughly sixty miles south of Louisville in Raywick, Kentucky near the small but beautiful Rolling Fork River. In 1989, he was one of many central Kentuckians who were convicted in federal court in Louisville for his role in infamous “The Cornbread Mafia.” He served over twenty years in federal prison for growing and selling marijuana.

For almost 40 years now, people have wondered how the term “The Cornbread Mafia” came about. In his first publication, “The Origins of the Cornbread Mafia: A Memoir of Sorts,” Joe Keith reveals, for the first time, in his first-hand, personal account, the untold and true story of how that term, “The Cornbread Mafia” was first coined many years ago.

Since his release from federal prison in 2011, Joe Keith has worked as a law clerk and paralegal in Lebanon, Kentucky and is an avid supporter of prison reform for nonviolent offenders and legalization of marijuana.
James S. Jackson

James Streshly Jackson (September 27, 1823 – October 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Born September 27, 1823 in Fayette County, Kentucky, Jackson pursued classical studies at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and the following year from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Greenupsburg, Kentucky.

During the Mexican-American War, Jackson enlisted on June 9, 1846, as a private in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry; he was elected a third lieutenant one month later. Jackson participated in a duel with Captain Thomas Francis Marshall; fearing a court martial, he resigned from the Army on October 10, 1846.

In 1859, he moved to Hopkinsville from Greenupsburg. He was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4 to December 13, 1861, when he resigned to enter the Union Army.

Jackson raised a cavalry company and was elected colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry when it was formed on December 13, 1861. He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on July 16, 1862.

Jackson was placed in command of the 10th Division in the Army of the Ohio. He was killed in action on October 8, 1862, during the Battle of Perryville. He was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, but was reinterred on March 24, 1863 at Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville.
Joe Creason

Joe Creason (June 10, 1918 – August 14, 1974) was a journalist who wrote for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was born in Benton, Kentucky, which he would later humorously call "the only town in Kentucky where I was born." After graduation from the University of Kentucky in 1940, he became the editor of a Benton newspaper, and then the editor of a newspaper in Murray. He then accepted a position as a sports reporter, feature writer, and columnist for The Courier-Journal in 1941.

His popular column, "Joe Creason's Kentucky," began in 1963 and documented the lives of everyday Kentuckians. Creason traveled through every county in Kentucky in search of material for these stories, and he often printed stories sent in to him by readers. These articles were written in a quirky and simple style, featuring colorful and amusing characters. The articles were collected into two books and a record album.

Creason was also an amateur historian, and he co-wrote and edited "The Civil War in Kentucky," an award-winning newspaper supplement. He was also president of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association.

Creason continued writing and working until his death, which occurred while playing tennis with WHAS radio personality Milton Metz. Joe Creason Park, where he died, is named after him.

The Bingham family that owned The Courier-Journal, other friends of Creason, and alumni of the University of Kentucky made donations to the UK School of Journalism to establish the Joe Creason Lecture Series, which began in 1977 with a lecture by columnist James J. Kilpatrick. James Reston of The New York Times gave the next lecture, in 1979, and it has been held each year since.

In 1981, Creason was posthumously inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
John Clagett

John Henry Clagett (April 6, 1916 - November 5 2013) was a World War II veteran, educator and author.

Clagett was born on April 6, 1916, son of William Argo and Sena Ballard Clagett, in Bowling Green, Ky. He went on to college and entered the Naval Academy in 1936. During W.W.II, he was appointed Lt. Cmdr. of the PT 111, which was shelled and destroyed during an attack at Guadalcanal on Feb. 1, 1943. During his long convalescence from the severe burns from Guadalcanal, he met and married Marjorie Douglas.

After his Naval career, he joined the Foreign Service and was sent to Norway. Upon their return to the United States, John received his Doctorate degree from Yale University. From 1955 to 1978, he taught at Middlebury College, where he attained full professorship. During this time he published 19 books, fact and fiction, adult and juvenile.

Clagett died November 5 2013 in Vermont. He was buried in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.
Herb Moford

Herbert Moford (August 6, 1928 – December 3, 2005) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), Detroit Tigers (1958), Boston Red Sox (1959) and New York Mets (1962). He was born in Brooksville, Kentucky, stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 175 pounds.

Moford spent each of his four major league seasons with a different team. His most significant year was 1958 with the Detroit Tigers, when he posted a 4–9 record with 58 strikeouts and a 3.61 ERA in 25 games pitched, including six complete games in 11 starts. In 157​ 1/3 career MLB innings, Moford had a 5–13 record with 78 strikeouts, a 5.03 ERA, and three saves.

On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four Met pitchers in the first game in franchise history, an 11–4 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The other pitchers used by Mets' manager Casey Stengel were Roger Craig (the loser), Bob Moorhead and Clem Labine.

Moford died in Cincinnati, at the age of 77. He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Germantown, Bracken County, Kentucky.
John Stuart Williams

John Stuart Williams (July 10, 1818 – July 17, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.

Born July 10, 1818 near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Williams attended the common schools and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice in Paris, Kentucky. He served in the Mexican-American War, first as a captain of an independent company attached to the 6th U.S. Infantry, and afterward as a colonel of the Fourth Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteers. He received the nickname "Cerro Gordo Williams" for his gallantry at that battle.

Williams was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1851 and 1853. He became known as a leading proponent of states rights. He was initially an anti-secessionist, but abhorred President Abraham Lincoln's policies and cast his lot with the Confederacy.

With the outbreak of hostilities, Williams traveled to Prestonburg in early 1861 and was commissioned colonel of the 5th Kentucky Infantry. He served initially in the Eastern Theater, initially under Humphrey Marshall in southwestern Virginia. He participated in Marshall's ill-fated invasion of eastern Kentucky in 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general in late 1862 and assigned command of the Department of Southwestern Virginia.

He organized a brigade of cavalry and helped resist Ambrose Burnside's invasion of eastern Tennessee in the autumn of 1863, participating in the Battle of Blue Springs. He resigned that command and transferred to Georgia, assuming command of the Kentucky regiments in the cavalry of Joseph Wheeler in June 1864. He received a formal resolution of thanks from the Second Confederate Congress in the fall of 1864 for his actions at the Battle of Saltville. He surrendered in 1865.

Williams returned home following the war and went on to engage in agricultural pursuits, with his residence in Winchester, Kentucky.

He again became a member of the State House in 1873 and 1875. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Kentucky in 1875, and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1876. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1879 and served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885. He failed in his reelection bid and returned to his agricultural pursuits.

Williams became involved in land development in Florida in the late 1880s. Along with a partner, Louisville businessman Walter N. Haldeman, the publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal; they founded the town of Naples, Florida.

He died July 17, 1898 in Mount Sterling in 1898 and was interred in Winchester Cemetery in Winchester.
John Telemachus Johnson

John Telemachus Johnson (October 5, 1788 – December 17, 1856) was a minister in the Christian Church, an attorney, and a politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Kentucky. His older brothers, also politicians, included James Johnson and Richard Mentor Johnson, who served as Vice President under Martin Van Buren; he was the uncle of Robert Ward Johnson, also a politician.

Born at Great Crossings, in present-day Scott County, Kentucky, Johnson pursued preparatory studies after being home schooled. He attended Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Like his older brother Richard, he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Kentucky. Johnson served in the War of 1812 as an aide to Gen. William H. Harrison.

Johnson was elected as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, serving for five terms.

He was elected in 1820 as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as a Jackson Democrat to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). While in Congress, Johnson served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Eighteenth Congress). He declined to run in 1824.

He was appointed judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals April 20, 1826, and served until December 30, 1826.

Johnson was ordained as a minister of the Christian Church, where he served for a number of years. He became active in publishing Christian journalism. He became editor of the Christian Messenger in 1832, the Gospel Advocate in 1835, and the Christian in 1837.

In 1836, Johnson was instrumental in establishing Bacon College at Georgetown, Kentucky.

He died in Lexington, Missouri, December 17, 1856. He was interred at Lexington Cemetery.
James Still Bibliography

## Novels

* 1940 – River of Earth
* 1977 – Sporty Creek
* 2011 – Chinaberry

## Non-Fiction

* 1991 – The Wolfpen Notebooks: A Record of Appalachian Life

## Children's Books

* 1974 – Rusties and Riddles & Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles
* 1977 – Jack and the Wonder Beans
* 1998 – An Appalachian Mother Goose

## Short Story Collections

* 1941 – On Troublesome Creek
* 1976 – Pattern of a Man & Other Stories
* 1980 – The Run for the Elbertas
* 1986 – The Wolfpen Poems
* 2001 – From the Mountain, from the Valley: New and Collected Poems
* 2012 – The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still

## Short Stories

* 1953 – The Fun Fox
* 1956 – Burning of the Waters
* 1959 – The Run for the Elbertas
* 1980 – I Love My Rooster
* 1980 – The Proud Walkers
* 1980 – Locust Summer
* 1980 – Journey to the Forks
* 1980 – On Quicksand Creek
* 1980 – The Stir-Off
* 1980 – The Moving
John Marshall

John Marshall (May 24, 1856 – August 19, 1922) was Kentucky's 27th Lieutenant Governor.

Marshall was born May 24, 1856 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Marshall served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor William S. Taylor from 1899 to 1900. Both Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall were removed from office by a Supreme Court decision that ruled that William Goebel had rightly been elected governor in the contested 1899 election.

Marshall died at the age of 66 on August 19, 1922 in Anchorage, Kentucky. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.