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

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.

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.