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    de bob thompson ...
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    Stories from the Kentucky Homefront

    de Bob Thompson ...
    In this unique memoir, the adventuresome author combines stories of rural Kentucky and restless travel with tall tales of other worlds and bygone eras.Bob Thompson discovered his passion for storytelling on the front porch of his Granny's country store in McCracken County, Kentucky. Absorbing the tales and traditions he learned there, he kept them close as he went out in search of stories and life ... Leer más

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  • The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave

    Series series Images of America
    Floyd Collins is perhaps the most famous person you've never heard of, but this young man's tragic death made him celebrated as "the Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known." Collins was a Kentucky cave explorer in the early part of the 20th century, characterized by his lack of fear when exploring the most difficult cave passages, and few people could match his persistence and endurance. In the winter ... Leer más

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  • Mammoth Cave and the Kentucky Cave Region

    Series series Images of America
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  • Revolutionary Roads

    Searching for the War That Made America Independent...and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong

    de Bob Thompson ...
    In the ride-along tradition of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson, this insightful history revisits the pivotal figures and key turning points of the American Revolutionary War.Revolutionary Roads takes readers on a time-traveling adventure through the crucial places American independence was won and might have been lost. You’ll ride shotgun with Bob Thompson as he puts more than 20,000 ... Leer más

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  • Stitched Together

    Stories of a Kentucky Life

    de Bob Thompson ...
    When Bob Thompson asked his granny years ago why she continued to create so many of her beautiful quilts, she said it was the only way she could reach across time, touching and giving her descendants her energy. And just like his granny, Thompson's gift of storytelling provides a reverence and buoyancy all its own. This collection combines personal and family experiences to create a patchwork ... Leer más

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  • Born on a Mountaintop

    On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier

    de Bob Thompson ...
    Pioneer. Congressman. Martyr of the Alamo. King of the Wild Frontier. As with all great legends, Davy Crockett's has been retold many times. Over the years, he has been repeatedly reinvented by historians and popular storytellers. In Born on a Mountaintop, Bob Thompson combines the stories of the real hero and his Disney-enhanced afterlife as he delves deep into our love for an American icon.In ... Leer más

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    Revolutionary Roads

    Searching for the War That Made America Independent...and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong

    de Bob Thompson ...
    Narrado por Fred Berman ...

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    14 hora 5 minutos

    In the ride-along tradition of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson, this insightful history revisits the pivotal figures and key turning points of the American Revolutionary War.Revolutionary Roads takes readers on a time-traveling adventure through the crucial places American independence was won and might have been lost. You’ll ride shotgun with Bob Thompson as he puts more than 20,000 ... Leer más

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