The Kentucky Colonels Handbook
Book details
- Title
- The Kentucky Colonels Handbook
- Publication year listed
- 1930
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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- Free online reader; no registration required
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About this book
The Kentucky Colonels Handbook
Author: Oliver Vickery and John E. Goddard
Year: 1930
Compiled as a directory and guide by "The Kentucky Colonels" (Kentucky Colonels association) at Louisville’s Brown Hotel, the Kentucky Colonels Handbook serves as the authoritative manifesto and membership registry for the newly reformed Kentucky Colonels Clubs (pp. 5, 15) that existed from 1900-1930. This 64-page historical archive balances official state legislative rosters and era-specific cultural poetry with a comprehensive nationwide census of commissioned Colonels and Admirals (pp. 13, 25-26). Defining the progressive civic philosophy of the organization, editor Oliver Vickery writes that the modern Colonel is charged with " holding high the torch of enlightenment in progress, education, agriculture, medicine, finance, commerce and political economy. " (pp. 7, 17) Formally dedicated to Governor Flem D. Sampson, this text documents a distinct network strictly dedicated to professional cooperation, state advancement, and public service within the Commonwealth (pp. 9, 15). The authors of this work, both Kentucky Colonels, recognized Colonel Daniel Boone, Colonel Richard Henderson, Colonel John Bowman, and the Transylvania Convention at the Divine Elm in Boonesborough that began