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Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a902579

Danielle Burge

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Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913072

N. Etcheson

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Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality by Lily Geismer (review) 被抛在后面：民主党解决不平等问题的失败尝试》，作者莉莉-盖斯默（Lily Geismer）（评论

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913078

C. Kieffer

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Ethel Wright's Visual Record of Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1919–1921 埃塞尔-赖特的松山定居学校视觉记录，1919-1921 年

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913068

Allen Fletcher

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Sand, Science, and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat by Scott Hippensteel (review) 沙子、科学与内战：沉积地质学与战斗》，作者 Scott Hippensteel（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913073

Earl J. Hess

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Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home ed. by Gerald L. Smith (review) 蓝草之州的奴隶制与自由：重访我的肯塔基老家》，杰拉尔德-L-史密斯编（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913070

Tracy K'Meyer

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Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913076

Kristin Hoganson

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Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863 by Eric Michael Burke (review) 士兵来自经验：埃里克-迈克尔-伯克（Eric Michael Burke）所著的《谢尔曼第十五军团的锻造，1862-1863 年》（评论

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913074

Cameron Boutin

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Brutal Campaign: How the 1988 Election Set the Stage for Twenty-First-Century American Politics by Robert L. Fleegler (review) 残酷的竞选：1988 年大选如何为二十一世纪美国政治奠定了基础》，罗伯特-L. 弗莱格勒著（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913077

Bradford Martin

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Hillsville Remembered: Public Memory, Historical Silence, and Appalachia's Most Notorious Shoot-Out by Travis A. Rountree (review) 希尔斯维尔被铭记：公众记忆、历史沉默和阿巴拉契亚最臭名昭著的枪杀事件》，作者 Travis A. Rountree（评论）

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/khs.2023.a913071

Tammy L. Clemons

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