| The Men Who Built Louisville: The City of Progress in the Gilded Age Contributor(s): Bush, Bryan S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467141259 ISBN-13: 9781467141253 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) - Architecture | Buildings - General |
| LCCN: 2018960977 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 160 pages |
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| Publisher Description: From 1870 to 1900, Louisville became a larger part of the American Industrial Revolution. The expansion of railroads was a key factor to becoming a center for industry, trade and commerce. Paul Jones Jr. helped the city become a world leader in bourbon pr |
Contributor Bio(s): Bush, Bryan S.: - Bryan Bush was born in 1966 in Louisville, Kentucky, and has been a native of that city ever since. He has been a member of many different Civil War historical preservation societies; consulted for movie companies and other authors; coordinated with other museums on displays of various museum articles and artifacts; written for magazines such as Kentucky Civil War Magazine, North/South Trader and Back Home in Kentucky; and worked for many different historical sites. Bush has been a Civil War reenactor for fourteen years, portraying an artillerist. For five years, Bush was on the board of directors and curator for the Old Bardstown Civil War Museum and Village: The Battles of the Western Theater Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. This is Bryan's fourth title with The History Press. |