In this Book
- Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
Special numbered leatherbound edition, signed by Dr. Clark!
By the flip of a coin, Thomas Dionysius Clark became intertwined in the vast history of Kentucky. In 1928, Clark received scholarships to both the University of Cincinnati and to the University of Kentucky. Kentucky won the coin toss and the claim to one of the South's eminent historians.
In 1990, when the Kentucky General Assembly honored Clark by declaring him Kentucky's Historian Laureate for life, Governor Brereton Jones described Clark as "Kentucky's greatest treasure." Historian, advocate, educator, preservationist, publisher, writer, mentor, friend, Kentuckian—Dr. Clark has filled all these roles and more. Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky is a celebration of his life and careerby just a few of those who have felt his influence and shared his enthusiasm for his adopted home state of Kentucky.
By the flip of a coin, Thomas Dionysius Clark became intertwined in the vast history of Kentucky. In 1928, Clark received scholarships to both the University of Cincinnati and to the University of Kentucky. Kentucky won the coin toss and the claim to one of the South's eminent historians. In 1990, when the Kentucky General Assembly honored Clark by declaring him Kentucky's Historian Laureate for life, Governor Brereton Jones described Clark as "Kentucky's greatest treasure." Historian, advocate, educator, preservationist, publisher, writer, mentor, friend, Kentuckian—Dr. Clark has filled all these roles and more. Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky is a celebration of his life and careerby just a few of those who have felt his influence and shared his enthusiasm for his adopted home state of Kentucky.
Table of Contents
- Photo credits
- p. vi
- PART I. THE LIFE
- PART II. THE HISTORIAN
- Kentucky Historian
- pp. 11-30
- Local Historian
- pp. 31-52
- Southern Historian
- pp. 53-69
- PART III. THE ADVOCATE
- Education Advocate
- pp. 79-96
- Kentuckian
- pp. 97-102
- Preservationist
- pp. 103-126
- PART IV. THE FRIEND
- Southern Writer
- pp. 159-178
- PART V. THE WORKS
- Bibliographic Essay
- pp. 219-236
- Contributors
- pp. 237-242