Let There Be Light; The Story of Rural Electrification in Kentucky

David Dick (AUTHOR SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0975503731 / ISBN 13: 9780975503737

Published by Plum Lick Publishing, North Middletown, KY, 2008

About this Item

Plum Lick Publishing, North Middletown, KY. 2008. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Flat signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; several bent pages on textblock top from other book striking. DJ: Near Fine; slight edge bumping. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board. 314 pp 8vo. Most of today's rural Kentuckians take electric power for granted. But in the 1930s much of rural Kentucky lay in darkness as soon as the sun set while the city dwellers had electric lights as power providers saw rural areas as unprofitable. This is the story of how the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) created electric cooperatives and brought light to rural Kentucky. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let There Be Light; The Story of Rural Electrification in Kentucky
• Publisher: Plum Lick Publishing, North Middletown, KY
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975503731
• ISBN 13: 9780975503737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business/Trade/Industry
  • Energy/Oil/Gas
  • Ranching, cattle ranches, farming, rural life

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Synopsis

Let There Be Light is the story of the humble beginnings, the early struggles, and the ultimate triumph of the electric cooperative idea in Kentucky. Much of the story is told by the individuals who lived it men and women who recall the years of work to create the electric companies, and today s cooperative leaders who carry on a tradition that has changed the landscape of the Commonwealth ending the drudgery of former days.

About the Author

After nineteen years as an Emmy Award-winning CBS News Correspondent, David Dick spent eleven years as professor of journalism at his alma mater, the University of Kentucky. He was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni and he holds honorary doctorates from Eastern Kentucky University and University of the Cumberlands. He was named Distinguished Rural Kentuckian by Kentucky s rural electric cooperatives, and was awarded the Cassius Clay Distinguished Kentuckian Award by the Kentucky Society of Washington, DC. David Dick is the author of thirteen books including The View from Plum Lick, Rivers of Kentucky, Kentucky A State of Mind, Home Sweet Kentucky, The Quiet Kentuckians, and Jesse Stuart The Heritage. He lives with his wife, Eulalie ( Lalie ) on Plum Lick at the headwaters of the South Fork of Licking River.