Betty Layman Receveur
Paperback | Pages: 608 pages Rating: 4.29 | 249 Users | 36 Reviews
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| Title | : | Oh, Kentucky! (Gentry #1) |
| Author | : | Betty Layman Receveur |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 608 pages |
| Published | : | October 10th 1990 by Ballantine Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Literature. 18th Century. Fiction. North American Hi.... American History |
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Sixteen-year-old Kitty Gentry and her family came to Fort Boonesborough to farm the rich land. But when fierce Shawnee attacked the white settlers, the horrified young Kitty was forced to seek refuge within the walls of the fort. There her real life as a founding mother of Kentucky began -- a life in which she would surive tragedy and hearth-wrenching grief and find the all-encompassing passion of great love as the burgeoning territory became a state . . .From the Paperback edition.
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| Original Title: | Oh, Kentucky! |
| ISBN: | 0345369467 (ISBN13: 9780345369468) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Gentry #1 |
| Setting: | Kentucky(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.29 From 249 Users | 36 ReviewsAppraise Based On Books Oh, Kentucky! (Gentry #1)
I honestly thought this book was a classic; after all, all of my friends read it in high school. Then I went to buy it for my Kindle and realized that you can't buy it AT ALL, and its not at all popular. I found my old paperback copy and reread it--it should be a classic! I love the history in it, and the love story. Its every bit as good as other newer historical fiction, and especially interesting for anyone who lives in this part of the country. The author tries very hard to be historically
I count this as a guilty pleasure book. It has enough western/frontier stuff to keep me from putting it down. Kitty Gentry and her family move to the wilderness of Kentucke in colonial times. Hey! It's Daniel Boone! And then a lot of people get killed by the Shawnee, who are irritated by the white people building ugly forts all over their land. But Kitty is a strong woman and Survives.
This is my all time favorite book. I received this as a gift for my 13th birthday and I have read it every year since. I am not much for writing detailed discriptions, but suffice it to say, it is just a great book.
I was born in KY and am glad for my years there. I know little of KY's early history, but now I know that life was harrowing for early settlers! This book is historical fiction, and I confess my interest was more focused on the lives of the female homesteaders. I like books that impart information artfully, as does this one. I'll remember less of the history than of its flavor.
LOVE love this book, have read it many times. Covers some of the first settlers/settlements in Kentucky and the quest for statehood. Follows the Gentry and Cullen families, as well as the Daniel Boone clan during the time of forts, Indian raids, hot summers. Fascinating book, an unforgettable tale that reads like fiction, but cleverly tells the history of Kentucky becoming a state.
2nd read: Sept 2016 - Was finally able to buy a copy of this, along with the sequel. I enjoyed it just as much this time around as I did the first time. :)1st read: June 2013 - I've been wanting to write a book about frontier Kentucky for a while now - and then I read this book. This is the book I've had in my head all this time, already written... Great characters, tons of detail, and it covers most of the major events of the time period. I was in tears several times reading it, the author did
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