{"product_id":"kentucky-footnotes","title":"Kentucky Footnotes","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eByron Crawford’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover: 272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6\" x 9\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetail Price:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e $24.95\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e978-1-935001-30-0\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Description \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eKentucky Footnotes\u003c\/em\u003e is Byron Crawford’s third compilation of columns originally published by \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, where he served as the newspaper’s Kentucky Columnist for nearly three decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis first two books, \u003cem\u003eCrawford’s Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1986, and\u003cem\u003e Kentucky Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1994, have sold thousands of copies and remain popular among lovers of Kentucky lore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003cem\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e once described Byron as \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal’s\u003c\/em\u003e “muddy shoes reporter,” and the late Charles Kuralt of CBS News proclaimed him “the best storyteller in Kentucky if you count only the ones who tell the truth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Kentucky Footnotes\u003c\/em\u003e, readers will find a memorable collection of some of the stories that helped make this Hall of Fame journalist among the most widely-read writers at \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBackcover quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eByron Crawford knows how to write good stories about good people. He listens. He captures the essence of quiet Kentuckians. Reading Byron is an enriching measure of time well spent.” \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Dick, Kentucky author and former CBS News correspondent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eI’ll not forget Byron Crawford. He had a special place in his heart for the Kentucky author Janice Holt Giles. He was there for us in the beginning when he wrote of the need for the log house and the memory of Janice and Henry Giles to be preserved. Thank you, Byron.” \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLibby Hancock, Santa Fe, New Mexico, daughter of Janice Holt Giles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eIf you want to learn Kentucky, read Byron Crawford’s book of his columns.” \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Ausenbaugh, former State Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and professor of journalism at Western Kentucky University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eThis book confirms two facts I’ve always known to be true – Kentucky is the center of the universe, and Byron Crawford was the reason to buy a newspaper.” – Bob Edwards, former host of NPR’s \u003cem\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, and host of XM Radio’s \u003cem\u003eBob Edwards Show\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.acclaimpress.com\/\/FileStream.aspx?FileID=NjM%3d-4bO1jZer%2flc%3d\"\u003eDon McNay - Huffington Post Article\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eByron Crawford’s television and newspaper stories and photographs about Kentucky’s fascinating people and places have appeared in print and broadcasts from coast to coast and occasionally in Europe and Asia. But his thrice-weekly columns were most at home over the past 29 years in \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, from which he retired as Kentucky Columnist in December 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was the last in a long line of distinguished writers, including the late Hall of Fame journalists Allan Trout and Joe Creason, whose assignments were to roam the Commonwealth from the Big Sandy to the Mississippi, sharing profiles and unique images of Kentucky with readers of the state’s largest newspaper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore joining \u003cem\u003eThe Courier-Journal\u003c\/em\u003e in 1979, Byron hosted the syndicated traveling television feature series, Side Roads, made popular on WHAS-11 television. He later hosted the Emmy Award-winning weekly KET production, Kentucky Life during its first five seasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eByron grew up on a farm near Stanford, Kentucky, studied speech and broadcasting Murray State University and spent his early broadcast news career at radio stations WAKY in Louisville, WCKY in Cincinnati and WHAS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eByron and his wife, Jackie, live in Shelbyville. They have four children and eight grandchildren.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18701008306243,"sku":"Kentucky Footnotes","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/2515\/7443\/products\/KentuckyFootnotes_WEB.jpg?v=1551046439","url":"https:\/\/acclaim-press-inc.myshopify.com\/products\/kentucky-footnotes","provider":"Acclaim Press, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}