Old Burnside
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A celebrated Kentucky novelist remembers growing up in Burnside, a Kentucky town now almost obliterated by the waters of Lake Cumberland. In the early years of this century, Burnside, Kentucky, was a bustling community perched on and above the floodplain formed by the Cumberland River and the South Fork. It was a center for shipping by rail and steamboat packet, and its lumber mills sent their products all over the world. The lower part of the town-once the heart of its economic being-now lies b This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813102081
ISBN13:9780813102085
Release Date:January 1978
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:129 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
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Rated 5 starsMy Nana's childhood
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My Grandmother, Emma Bell (Vaughn) grew up in this town before it was intentionally flooded over. She is mentioned as the author's classmate and the daughter of my great grandfather, Reverand Bell (the author describes sitting distractedly trying to listento his sermons)...she doesn't mention his firey red hair or quote any of his sermons, but even though he had died before my birth in the late fifties, she gave me a true...
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