12wonderY
What local history or local interest books are on your shelves?
I've got Berea College: An Illustrated History
and
Frozen State, a record of the 2009 ice storm and recovery.
And I've read
Big Bone Lick: the Cradle of American Paleontology
and
One Hundred Miles from Home : nuclear contamination in the communities of the Ohio River Valley : Mound, Paducah, Piketon, Fernald, Maxey Flats, and Jefferson Proving Ground
I've got Berea College: An Illustrated History
and
Frozen State, a record of the 2009 ice storm and recovery.
And I've read
Big Bone Lick: the Cradle of American Paleontology
and
One Hundred Miles from Home : nuclear contamination in the communities of the Ohio River Valley : Mound, Paducah, Piketon, Fernald, Maxey Flats, and Jefferson Proving Ground
22wonderY
Caught a couple of good ones last week.
A lady at the parking lot flea market valued books not at all. 50 cents each for pristine hardcovers with dustjackets. I snatched up The WPA Guide to Kentucky, first published in 1939. This copy was published in 1996.
The other treasure was Greetings from Kentucky: A Post Card Tour, 1900 – 1950.
A lady at the parking lot flea market valued books not at all. 50 cents each for pristine hardcovers with dustjackets. I snatched up The WPA Guide to Kentucky, first published in 1939. This copy was published in 1996.
The other treasure was Greetings from Kentucky: A Post Card Tour, 1900 – 1950.
3dukedom_enough
Good for you. I've read that the WPA Guides were mostly excellent.
4Dr_Flanders
I have Night Comes to the Cumberlands by Harry M. Caudill
52wonderY
I got a postcard in the mail announcing the completion of the nerve gas chemical stockpile destruction.
The campaign to do it safely was nearly a half century.
I took a class this year on civic engagement, and we watched the documentary Nerve, 2015
A documentary of the long campaign to accomplish the safest destruction of military nerve gas supplies stored in Madison County at the Bluegrass Weapons Depot. Craig Williams started as a thorn in the side of the military and became a valued team member and leader.
Persistence. Enlisting unlikely allies.
The campaign to do it safely was nearly a half century.
I took a class this year on civic engagement, and we watched the documentary Nerve, 2015
A documentary of the long campaign to accomplish the safest destruction of military nerve gas supplies stored in Madison County at the Bluegrass Weapons Depot. Craig Williams started as a thorn in the side of the military and became a valued team member and leader.
Persistence. Enlisting unlikely allies.
6dukedom_enough
>5 2wonderY: Wow, I remember that as an issue in the 1970s.
72wonderY
It truly is a remarkable story. The video won awards but, unfortunately, is very hard to get hands on.
The college library has a copy and I know a community member who was around when it debuted and he made a copy for me.
Craig Williams was supposed to come talk to our class, but bad weather prevented it.
He is my hero. He went to Russia to meet with a community there with the same disposal dilemma, built an international coalition, kept pushing the Pentagon and enlisted Mitch McConnell’s help until he became and was recognized as the premier expert on the issues.
The college library has a copy and I know a community member who was around when it debuted and he made a copy for me.
Craig Williams was supposed to come talk to our class, but bad weather prevented it.
He is my hero. He went to Russia to meet with a community there with the same disposal dilemma, built an international coalition, kept pushing the Pentagon and enlisted Mitch McConnell’s help until he became and was recognized as the premier expert on the issues.
