{"product_id":"the-big-sandy-paperback","title":"The Big Sandy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Crowe-Carraco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Big Sandy River and its two main tributaries, the Tug and Levisa forks, drain nearly two million mountainous acres in the easternmost part of Kentucky. For generations, the only practical means of transportation and contact with the outside world was the river, and, as \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sandy\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates, steamboats did much to shape the culture of the region. Carol Crowe-Carraco offers an intriguing and readable account of this region's history from the days of the venturesome Long Hunters of the eighteenth century, through the bitter struggles of the Civil War and its aftermath, up to the 1970s, with their uncertain promise of a new prosperity. \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sandy\u003c\/i\u003e pictures these changes vividly while showing how the turbulent past of the valley lives on in the region's present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Crowe-Carraco\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of history at Western Kentucky University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174875205767,"sku":"9780813192727","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/95cb339fe0e8d7c3a4e2a1a88b7f5485.webp?v=1733377489","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-big-sandy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}