University Press of Kentucky

University Press of Kentucky has a dual mission—the publication of academic books of high scholarly merit in a variety of fields and the publication of significant books about the history and culture of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley region, the Upper South, and Appalachia. The Press is the statewide nonprofit scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving all Kentucky state-sponsored institutions of higher learning as well as seven private colleges and Kentucky’s two major historical societies.

Exposing the Third Reich Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 432
ISBN: 9780813141763
Pub Date: 20 Aug 2013
Series: American Warriors Series
Illustrations: 34 b&w photos, 2 illustrations, 3 maps, 1 table
Description:
As World War II recedes from living memory, there remain untold stories of important behind-the-scenes operatives who provided vital support to the leaders celebrated in historical accounts. Colonel Truman Smith is one of the most compelling figures from this period, but there has never been a biography of this important and controversial man. In Exposing the Third Reich, Henry G.
Many-Storied House Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9780813142616
Pub Date: 15 Aug 2013
Series: Kentucky Voices
Illustrations: 1 photo, 2 illustrations
Description:
Born in the small, eastern Kentucky coal-mining town of Harlan, George Ella Lyon began her career with Mountain, a chapbook of poems. She has since published many more books in multiple genres and for readers of all ages, but poetry remains at the heart of her work. Many-Storied House is her fifth collection.
William Wyler Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 520
ISBN: 9780813142098
Pub Date: 13 Aug 2013
Series: Screen Classics
Illustrations: 28 b&w photos
Description:
During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ben-Hur (1959), and Funny Girl (1968), Wyler is the most nominated director in the history of the Academy Awards and bears the distinction of having won an Oscar for Best Director on three occasions.
My Life before the World War, 1860-1917 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 744
ISBN: 9780813141978
Pub Date: 30 Jul 2013
Series: American Warriors Series
Illustrations: 52 b&w photos, 10 maps
Description:
Few American military figures are more revered than General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (1860--1948), who is most famous for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. The only soldier besides George Washington to be promoted to the highest rank in the U.
Losing Vietnam Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9780813142081
Pub Date: 16 Jul 2013
Illustrations: 11 b&w photos, 11 maps, 8 charts, 29 tables
Description:
In the early 1970s, as U.S. combat forces began to withdraw from Southeast Asia, South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces continued the fight against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), more commonly known as the Viet Cong.
Burley Cover Burley Cover
Format: 
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9780813142333
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2013
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
Illustrations: 27 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 graphs, 3 tables
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9780813167589
Pub Date: 26 Feb 2016
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
Illustrations: 27 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 graphs, 3 tables
Description:
Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco -- a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production -- has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass music, and Thoroughbred horses.
Losing the Center Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780813142296
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2013
Illustrations: 12 b&w photos
Description:
Many Americans consider John F. Kennedy's presidency to represent the apex of American liberalism. Kennedy's "Vital Center" blueprint united middle-class and working-class Democrats and promoted freedom abroad while recognizing the limits of American power.
Twilight of the Republic Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780813142203
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2013
Description:
The uniqueness of America has been alternately celebrated and panned, emphasized and denied, for most of the country's history -- both by its own people and by visitors and observers from around the world. The idea of "American exceptionalism" tends to provoke strong feelings, but few are aware of the term's origins or understand its true meaning. Understanding the roots and consequences of America's uniqueness requires a thorough look into the nation's history and Americans' ideas about themselves.
Uneven Ground Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9780813142463
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2013
Illustrations: 32 photographs
Description:
Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected.
A Political Companion to Walker Percy Cover A Political Companion to Walker Percy Cover
Format: 
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780813141886
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2013
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780813147420
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2014
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Description:
In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existential questioning, scientific investigation, the insight of the southern stoic, and authentic religious faith to produce a singular view of humanity's place in the cosmos that ranks among the best American political thinking.
A Political Companion to John Steinbeck Cover A Political Companion to John Steinbeck Cover
Format: 
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780813142029
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2013
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Illustrations: 10 b&w photos
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780813147390
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2014
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Illustrations: 10 b&w photos
Description:
Though he was a recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, American novelist John Steinbeck (1902--1968) has frequently been censored. Even in the twenty-first century, nearly ninety years after his work first appeared in print, Steinbeck's novels, stories, and plays still generate controversy: his 1937 book Of Mice and Men was banned in some Mississippi schools in 2002, and as recently as 2009, he made the American Library Association's annual list of most frequently challenged authors. A Political Companion to John Steinbeck examines the most contentious political aspects of the author's body of work, from his early exploration of social justice and political authority during the Great Depression to his later positions regarding domestic and international threats to American policies.
Never Say Die Cover Never Say Die Cover
Format: 
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780813141671
Pub Date: 04 May 2013
Illustrations: 40 b&w photos
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780813182391
Pub Date: 18 Jan 2022
Illustrations: 40 b&w photos
Description:
A quarter of a million people braved miserable conditions at Epsom Downs on June 2, 1954, to see the 175th running of the prestigious Derby Stakes. Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill were in attendance, along with thousands of Britons who were all convinced of the unfailing superiority of English bloodstock and eager to see a British colt take the victory. They were shocked when a Kentucky-born chestnut named Never Say Die galloped to a two-length triumph at odds of 33--1, winning Britain's greatest race and beginning an important shift in the world of Thoroughbred racing.
A Political Companion to Saul Bellow Cover A Political Companion to Saul Bellow Cover
Format: 
Pages: 296
ISBN: 9780813141855
Pub Date: 01 May 2013
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Pages: 296
ISBN: 9780813147413
Pub Date: 05 Aug 2014
Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors
Description:
Saul Bellow is one of the twentieth century's most influential, respected, and honored writers. His novels The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet won the National Book Award, and Humboldt's Gift was awarded the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings Cover Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings Cover
Format: 
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780813141824
Pub Date: 01 May 2013
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Illustrations: 21 b&w photos, 8 maps, 7 tables
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780813165585
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2015
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Illustrations: 8 maps, 7 tables
Description:
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established itself as one of the most audacious and dynamic chapters in the nation.In Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings, historian Brian Purnell explores the chapter's numerous direct-action protest campaigns for economic justice and social equality.
Generals of the Army Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9780813142135
Pub Date: 01 May 2013
Series: American Warriors Series
Illustrations: 25 b&w photos, 12 maps
Description:
Formally titled "General of the Army," the five-star general is the highest possible rank awarded in the U.S. Army in modern times and has been awarded to only five men in the nation's history: George C.
Homer Simpson Ponders Politics Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9780813141473
Pub Date: 01 May 2013
Illustrations: None
Description:
It is often said that the poet Homer "educated" ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M.