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Some Scars Don't Heal
A poetry collection to help heal emotional scars. Sometimes it is the scars you do not see that affect your life. This poetry collection is the therapy behind healing from these emotional scars. Written with feeling and heart, this book is one woman's way of putting the past behind her.
Harrodsburg and Mercer County
Dedicated exclusively to the oldest town in Kentucky, Postcard History Series: Harrodsburg and Mercer County presents what Fort Harrod looked like when it was established in 1775. High Bridge, spanning the Kentucky River between Mercer and Jessamine Counties and only miles from Shakertown, was an engineering wonder of its age. As the highest railroad bridge in the world at the time, it was the subject of hundreds of postcards. Summer visitors came from all over the country to enjoy Harrodsburg's Graham Springs Resort, known as the "Saratoga of the West." Views of nearby Dix Dam and Herrington Lake were made into postcards for vacationers to send to their friends and family.
Tales from Kentucky Nurses
From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care. Noted folklorist and oral historian William Lynwood Montell collects nearly two hundred stories from these hard-working men and women in Tales from Kentucky Nurses. From humorous anecdotes to spine-chilling coincidences, tragic circumstances, and heartwarming encounters, the tales in this lively volume are recorded exactly as they were told to Montell. Covering medical practice in the state from the early twentieth century through contemporary times, the episodes related in Tales from Kentucky Nurses reveal the significance of...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters celebrates that special bond mothers and daughters share with each other. Moms and daughters alike will delight in this collection of heartwarming, entertaining, and poignant stories. A great gift for Mother’s Day. Mothers and daughters. They are, at the same time, very similar and completely unique. This relationship - through birth, childhood, teen years, adulthood, grandchildren, aging, and every step in between - can be the best, the hardest, and the sweetest. Mothers and daughters will laugh, cry, and find inspiration in this collection of stories that remind them of their shared love, appreciation and special bond.
The Bottom Line
Thomas Bottom, son of John Bottom and Elizabeth, was born in about 1708 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Rebecca Wilkerson and Unity Alford. He was the father of eleven children. He died in 1789. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia and Kentucky.
Kentucky Women
"Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky s role in political and social reform, education, health care, the arts, and cultural development."--
Care and Feeding of Nightmares
A poetry collection reminencent of the dark and twisty terrors of childhood. Remember the monsters that you thought lurked under your bed or in the closet? These poems are a reminder and a truth that all things aren't as they seem.Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer has been published in Kentucky Monthly, New Southerner, The Journal of Kentucky Studies, Mercer's Magazine, The Harrodsburg Herald, Lexington Herald-Leader, Pegasus, Speaking Out Vol. 1 and II, Public-Republic and Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracles of Mothers and Daughters. She has five published chapbooks: Out of My Comfort Zone, Care and Feeding of Nightmares (this book is a second edition), Bobbi's Mercer Memories Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and ...
Born and Raised
"The book is a culmination of 15 years of writing for the Mercer's Magazine, a subsidiary of The Harrodsburg Herald. Without the many readers I have had over the years, this book would not have been possible. I was born and raised in historic Harrodsburg and I have every intention of ending my life here. I am thankful for all the history surrounding this town and for all the people who are working hard to keep the past from fading away. These essays are in a random order, divided into four different categories starting from 1997 and ending in 2012. I hope you will enjoy them."--Introduction.
James Harrod: Founder of Harrodsburg, Kentucky
A pioneer, a Soldier and a Visionary In 1774, James Harrod founded the oldest, permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains. Establishing Harrodsburg was a symbolic act declaring the Kentucky frontier open for settlement. Harrod was a soldier and pioneer who was instrumental in exploration of the area. His settlement domesticated an area considered wild and untamed and has continued for more than 200 years. Author Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer details the beginning of this historic city and life of the man who founded it.
History of Harrodsburg, A: Saratoga of the South
Established in 1774 by the famed pioneer James Harrod, the city of Harrodsburg was the first European heritage town west of the Allegheny Mountains. With the discovery of a number of mineral springs in the area, several local residents thought that the springs could be turned into a tourist attraction. During the early nineteenth century, Greenville Springs, Harrodsburg Springs and Graham Springs became some of the most popular spas and hotels in the South, and Harrodsburg became known as the "Saratoga of the South." These springs offered rest, relaxation and accommodations for the entire family. Join historian Bobbi Dawn Rightmyer as she revisits the stories behind how simple mineral springs turned a small town into a nationwide vacation hotspot.
