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" Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825. Taylor mixes history with good storytelling and a look at how human shortcomings sometimes lead to ruin.Richard Taylor is the author of 'Three Kentucky Tragedies (New Books for New Readers)', published 1991 under ISBN 9780813109077 and ISBN 0813109078.
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