"A sweeping cultural history, The Kentucky River reflects the
rich tapestry of life along the banks. Flowing with tales of river
ghosts and hidden treasures lying in the backwaters, the book
records the myths and events the river has spawned. Bill Ellis also
celebrates the Kentucky's influence on such figures as writer
Wendell Berry and painter Paul Sawyier. Beginning with an
intriguing overview of the river's formation and characteristics,
Ellis shows how the stream has helped shape Kentucky's environment,
economy, and political culture. In centuries past, flotillas of
flatboats carried whiskey, pork, and valuable raw materials
downriver to markets in Louisiana. Later, the river became a source
of entertainment as showboats brought theater, movies, music, and
dancing to otherwise isolated communities. The book describes the
environmental impact of settlement, logging, mining, and
industrialization, developments that have sometimes tainted the
Kentucky's mighty waters with silt, sewage, and trash. In the last
thirty years, however, Kentuckians have come together in major
efforts to clean and preserve the Kentucky's waters and the life
along its banks. Advocates for the river achieved a victory in
protecting the stunning Kentucky River Palisades between
Boonesborough and Frankfort, and efforts continue to preserve the
irreplaceable river for future generations.
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