Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth

ISBN 10: 081312297X / ISBN 13: 9780813122977

Published by University Press of Kentucky, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081312297X
• ISBN 13: 9780813122977
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

By the flip of a coin, Thomas Dionysius Clark became intertwined in the vast history of Kentucky. In 1928, Clark received scholarships to both the University of Cincinnati and to the University of Kentucky. Kentucky won the coin toss and the claim to one of the South's eminent historians. In 1990, when the Kentucky General Assembly honored Clark by declaring him Kentucky's Historian Laureate for life, Governor Brereton Jones described Clark as "Kentucky's greatest treasure." Historian, advocate, educator, preservationist, publisher, writer, mentor, friend, Kentuckian―Dr. Clark has filled all these roles and more. Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky is a celebration of his life and careerby just a few of those who have felt his influence and shared his enthusiasm for his adopted home state of Kentucky.

About the Author

John E. Kleber, emeritus professor of history at Morehead State University, is the editor of The Kentucky Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Louisville.