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Elkhorn

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Elkhorn

By Richard Taylor

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About the book

When former Kentucky Poet Laureate Richard Taylor took a job at Kentucky State University in 1975, he purchased a fixer-upper - in need of a roof, a paint job, city water, and central heating - that became known to his friends as "Taylor's Folly." The historic Giltner-Holt House, which was built in 1859 and sits close by the Elkhorn Creek a few miles outside of Frankfort, became the poet's entrance into the area's history and culture, and the Elkhorn became a source of inspiration for his writin...Show more

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ISBN

9780813176017

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Elkhorn

Format

Hardcover

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