Lexington Queen Of The Bluegrass

In the heart of central Kentucky Bluegrass country, Lexington boasts a long, proud history reaching far back before this "Horse Capital of the World" reared its first thoroughbred. Early Lexingtonians built an intellectual and economic center from their frontier outpost and quickly claimed the first college, newspaper, and millionaire west of the Alleghenies-among many other firsts. An award-winning educator for more than 25 years, Lexington native Randolph Hollingsworth earned her Ph.D. in American history from the University of Kentucky and currently serves on the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education as development director for Kentucky Virtual University. Arcadia Publishing, the country's leading publisher of local and regional history books, created the Making of America series to celebrate individual communities and their unique contributions to our national character. Books in this series combine comprehensive narrative histories with a selection of vintage photographs, period maps, and antique postcards. Together, they record America's epic story town by town, city by city.Hollingsworth, Randolph is the author of 'Lexington Queen Of The Bluegrass', published 2004 under ISBN 9780738524665 and ISBN 0738524662.