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  • MAKING BOURBON
    KARL RAITZ
    "Raitz examines the rich story of distilling in its Kentucky heartland and traces its maturation from a local craft to an enduring industry." —William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in ...

    $251.00

  • BOURBON'S BACKROADS
    KARL RAITZ
    This history of bourbon explores how the shift from home distillers to commercial producers changed the culture and landscape of nineteenth-century Kentucky. As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics—tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of br...

    $251.00

  • APPALACHIA: A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
    KARL RAITZ
    Although Appalachia has long been recognized as one of the most distinctive subregions in North America and has been studied widely as an "underdeveloped problem area," this book is the first to provide a comparative and analytical geographical perspective on the entire Appalachian region rather than on portions of it. The authors highlight the div ...

    $1,200.00

  • KENTUCKY'S FRONTIER HIGHWAY
    KARL RAITZ / NANCY O'MALLEY
    “A remarkable historical and geographical study” of a road linking Lexington and Maysville, Kentucky, and its influence on America (West Virginia History). Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting...

    $329.00

  • MAKING BOURBON
    KARL RAITZ
    “Raitz examines the rich story of distilling in its Kentucky heartland and traces its maturation from a local craft to an enduring industry.” —William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Distillers enshrine local history in ...

    $229.00