Kris Applegate

Legendary Locals of Louisville (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Despite humble beginnings on Corn Island in 1778, the city of Louisville has grown to legendary status. Courageous individuals have worked together overcoming hardships, defeating enemies, celebrating victories, and laying the foundation for our river city. Louisville is the home of many legends including boxing great Muhammad Ali, William Clark (of the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition), baseball star Pee Wee Reece, Academy Award,winner Jennifer Lawrence, Pulitzer Prize,winner Marsha Norman, broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer, sculptor Ed Hamilton, and author Hunter S. Thompson. Other legends who have called Louisville home include Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders, actor Tom Cruise, and inventor Thomas Edison. Louisville boasts the nation,s largest annual fireworks display, the world,s largest baseball bat, and ,The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports, also known as the Kentucky Derby. You are invited to read about these and more exceptional folks who have shaped our eclectic city called Louisville.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439645871
• Artikelnr.: 41206603

Autorenporträt

This is the second book Kris Applegate has written for Arcadia Publishing. Around Lake Cumberland is part of the popular Images of America series. She has a deep appreciation for days-gone-by and loves preserving the past for future generations. She lives in Louisville Metro with her husband and three children.