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Book Reviews:

The Historic Reelfoot Lake Region: An Early History of the People and Places of Western Obion and Present Day Lake County by David G. Hayes

Bobbie Bryant

The Wild World of the Jackson Purchase by Richard Dwayne Parker

Melissa Webb Earnest

Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America by William K. Bolt

Jonathan Dunning

For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War by Patrick A. Lewis.

Stephen Powell

On A Burning Deck, The Road to Akron: An Oral History of the Great Migration, Vol. 1, and On A Burning Deck, …

Editor's Remarks

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Editor's Remarks

James S. Humphreys

"Ever True And Loyal:" Mary Todd Lincoln As A Kentuckian, Andrew Landreth

Scholars Week

This paper considers Mary Todd Lincoln from the perspective of her relationship with her home state of Kentucky. Utilizing her own writings and those of her contemporaries, as well as secondary studies, this paper argues that Mary Todd Lincoln's life and relationships embodied many of the same contradictions of her home state and that important aspects of her public and private life were influenced by her upbringing in antebellum Kentucky. Particular emphasis is placed on her views of slavery and on her relationship with the Todd family during the Civil War.

Book Review: Kentucky And The Great War: World War I On The Home Front

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Book Review

Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front

George Humphreys

Book Review: The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History

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Book Review

The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History

Matthew Himel

Editor's Remarks

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Editor's Remarks

James S. Humphreys

Friends Of Humanity, Enemies Of Bondage: Kentucky's Antislavery Evangelicals And Their Legacy

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Friends of Humanity, Enemies of Bondage: Kentucky's Antislavery Evangelicals and Their Legacy

Andrew Landreth

The Historical Context Of The Mexican Expedition Of 1916

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The Historical Context of the Mexican Expedition of 1916

William Schell, Jr.

Memories Of Mayfield, Kentucky During World War Ii: An Interview With Mrs. Frances Bennett

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Memories of Mayfield, Kentucky during World War II: An Interview with Mrs. Frances Bennett

Megan Dobrose

Book Review: Bushwhackers: Guerrilla Warfare, Manhood, And The Household In Civil War Missouri

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Book Review

Bushwhackers: Guerrilla Warfare, Manhood, and the Household in Civil War Missouri

Melony Schemberger

Book Review: Forrest: On The Way To Fort Pillow

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Book Review

Forrest: On the Way to Fort Pillow

Marvin Downing

President's Remarks

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President's Remarks

William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Book Review: The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War And The Remaking Of The American Middle Border

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Book Review

The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border

Carl C. Creason

Book Review: Paducah And The Civil War

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Book Review

Paducah and the Civil War

Brent Taylor

2016-17 Meetings Of The Jackson Purchase Historical Society

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2016-17 Meetings of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society

William H. Mulligan, Jr.

Does Quilting Matter?

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Does Quilting Matter?

Bobbie Smith Bryant

Book Review: Andrew Jackson, Southerner

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Book Review

Andrew Jackson, Southerner

John R. Burrow

Book Review: Farming In The Black Patch

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Book Review

Farming in the Black Patch

George Humphreys

Making The Gilded Age: Myth, Money, And Misery In A Market Society, Austbrook D. Hudson

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

This project argues myths are central to society. For the Gilded Age, this was especially true. Myths helped to explain the world, individually and nationally. Stories structure life. Stories structure nations. They are consequential in times of change when the world is incomprehensible. At an individual level, the self-made ideal explained success and failure. It came with an implicit promise: every individual had an equal opportunity to succeed in the new economy, and the system was fair. Myths of the Western experience explained national identity. It revealed traits including rugged individualism, independence, and perseverance came from taming the frontier. These …

Cry Havoc: The Rise And Collapse Of America's Contractors In Iraq, Samuel Brown

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

This work aims at examining the development of Private Security Contracting, specifically Blackwater, and their role in destabilizing the United States’ mission in Iraq. In that examination, it looks at existing literature on the subject and the efforts that people involved in the Bush Administration made regarding the War on Terror that allowed these companies and Blackwater to develop. Choices made by Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and CPA leader Paul Bremer all added to the chaos and the shortage of manpower that would see these companies fill in the gaps in American planning. This work …

Research And Study Of Fashion And Costume History Spanning From Ancient Egypt To Modern Day, Kaitlyn E. Dennis Miss

Posters-at-the-Capitol

Through a generous donation to Morehead State University, research has been conducted on thousands of slides containing images of artwork and artifacts of historical significance. These images span from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the inaugural dress of every first lady of the United States. The slides are in the process of being recorded and catalogued for future use by students in hopes of furthering academic comprehension and awareness of the influence of fashion and costume history through the ages. Special thanks to the family of Gretel Geist Rutledge, faculty mentor Denise Watkins, as well as the Department of Music, Theatre, and …

From Despair To Hope: The Story Of Paducah's 1937 "Super-Flood" From The Personal Accounts Of Those Who Survived

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FROM DESPAIR TO HOPE: The Story of Paducah's 1937 "Super-Flood" From The Personal Accounts of Those Who Survived

Richard B. Davis

"A Man Unsatisfied By Little Things:" The Life And Times Of Graves County Native Adron Doran

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"A Man Unsatisfied By Little Things:" The Life and Times of Graves County Native Adron Doran

Christopher Beckham

Book Review: Kentucky Confederates: Secession, Civil War, And The Jackson Purchase

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Book Review

Kentucky Confederates: Secession, Civil War, and the Jackson Purchase

Matthew E. Stanley

Book Review: The Kentucky African-American Encyclopedia

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Book Review

The Kentucky African-American Encyclopedia

George Humphreys

Book Review: Transforming The South: Federal Development In The Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960

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Book Review

Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960

George Humphreys

Jackson Purchase Feuds

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Jackson Purchase Feuds

Richard D. Parker

Varsity Theater Finding New Life

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Varsity Theater Finding New Life

Linda Thurston

History Of The National Fireworks Company Shell Loading Plant At Viola, Kentucky

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History of the National Fireworks Company Shell Loading Plant at Viola, Kentucky

Joseph E. and Maria Campbell Brent

Supplemental Report For Camp Beauregard, Kentucky: Military Unit Presence, Illness, And Death Reports

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Supplemental Report for Camp Beauregard, Kentucky: Military Unit Presence, Illness, and Death Reports

Gregory S. Miller and William L. Wells