464 SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Judge Charles Kerr. One of the most complete and scholarly works on Ken-
tucky history; copious bibliographical and explanatory footnotes.
Coulter, E. M. The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky. Chapel Hill,
University of North Carolina Press, 1926. 468 p. maps, bibliog., index.
Well—rounded study giving modem emphasis to social and economic factors.
Jillson, W. R., ed. Filson’s Kentucke. Louisville, J. P. Morton & Company,
1929. 198 p. map, bibliog., index. Facsimile reproduction of the original
Wilmington edition (1784). -
——-Kentucky History. Louisville, Standard Printing Company, 1936. 96
p. illus. An annotated bibliography of Kentucky history divided into re—
gional, State, and county histories.
——-Pioneer Kentucky. Frankfort, State Journal Company, 1934. 152 p.
- bibliog., index. Describes exploration and settlement, early cartography and
primitive geography.
—-——Tales of the Dark and Bloody Ground. Louisville, C. T. Dearing
Printing Company, 1930. 154 p. illus., bibliog., index. A collection of papers
containing some good pioneer history, including John Cowan’s "Joumal"
and Levi Todd’s "Narrative of 17 74-177 7."
Lester, W. S. The Transylvania Colony. Spencer, Ind., Samuel R. Guard &
Company, 1935. 288 p. bibliog. An account of the colony’s origin, aims,
and accomplishments.
Marshall, Humphrey. History of Kentucky. 2d ed. Frankfort, G. S. Robinson,
1824. 2 v. The first edition (1812) is the second earliest history of the
State, ranking second only to Filson’s Kentucke. Includes R&HHCSQU€’S
"The Ancient Annals of Kentucky."
Mayo, Bernard. Henry Clay, Spokesman of the New West. Boston, Houghton
Mifliin Company, 1937. 5 70 p. illus., bibliog., index. The life of the "Great
Compromiser" cast upon a panoramic and richly detailed background of
the pioneer West. This is the first of three volumes.
McElroy, R. McNutt. Kentucky in the Nation’s History. New York, Moffat,
Yard & Company, 1909. 590 p. illus., bibliog., index. Contains an exten-
sive and important bibliography.
Shaler, N. S. Kentucky, a Pioneer Commonwealth. Boston, Houghton Mifilin
Company, 1885. 433 p. map, bibliog., index. Until the publication of T. D.
Clark’s History of Kentucky that was considered the best 1—volume his-
torical work on Kentucky. It is written in a fluent, easy style and is very
reliable.
Townsend, J. W. Kentucky: Mother of Governors. Frankfort, Kentucky State
Historical Society, 1910. 51 p. front.
BIOGRAPHY `
Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky. Cincinnati, M. Armstrong & Com- '
pany, 1878. 792 p. illus., index. The biographies are usually autobiographic,
and perhaps are overlaudatory, but are factually correct.
Southard, M. Y., and E. C. Miller. Who’s Who in Kentucky. Louisville, Stan-
dard Printing Company, 1936. 582 p. illus., index.