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My Century in History
Thomas D. Clark
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Description for My Century in History
Offers vivid memories of Thomas Dionysius Clark's personal and academic journey, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJ; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 898.
When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive History of Kentucky (1937) was one of more than thirty books he would write or edit dealing with Kentucky, the South, and the American frontier. In addition to his wide scholarly contributions, Clark devoted his life to the preservation of Kentucky's historical records. His efforts resulted in the Commonwealth's first archival system and the ... Read more
When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive History of Kentucky (1937) was one of more than thirty books he would write or edit dealing with Kentucky, the South, and the American frontier. In addition to his wide scholarly contributions, Clark devoted his life to the preservation of Kentucky's historical records. His efforts resulted in the Commonwealth's first archival system and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124001
SKU
V9780813124001
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About Thomas D. Clark
Thomas D. Clark (1903-2005) was appointed Kentucky Historian Laureate for life in 1990 by the Kentucky General Assembly. He was author or editor of thirty-two books, publishing his last, The People's House: Governor's Mansions of Kentucky, at the age of ninety-nine. James C. Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky and professor of history at Georgetown College, is the author and editor ... Read more
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