An overview of the early days of Adair County, Kentucky, and biographies of some of the county's prominent residents from the late 1800s, are combined with a brief history of the state in this new 50-page book.

The spiral-bound book includes biographies from the 1880's book, Kentucky: A History of the State by J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin and G.C. Kniffin, excerpts from Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass State, a 1939 product of the WPA Writer's Program, and information from various internet sources. 

The tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 60# opaque 8.5" x 11" paper.

The individual biographies often shed light on the area and the times, including the Civil War era, as well as providing specific genealogical data. They include:  James W. Beard, Dr. William Blair, Rev. William A. Blair, Tarleton T. Bradshaw, Timoleon Bradshaw, Rev. James Breeding, Lieutenant Nathan G. Butler, William J. Callison, William P. Chelf, William U. Chelf, Joseph Coffey Jr., Dr. Thomas H. Curd,James N. Davis, Jacob Dulworth, John C. Dunbar, Delouvois L. Edrington, John Jefferson Epperson, Franklin Goode, William H. Hamilton, Junius Hancock, William E. Hancock, Marion F. Harmon, Henry J. Henson, Creed Hood, James L. Johnston, James W. Jones, Rev. Joseph Knifley, Charles V. McWhorter, Nathan Braxton Miller, William T. Moore, George R. Moran, George Nell, Dr. Richard H. Perryman, Dr. John W. Powell, Dr. George T. Simpson, Mathew Sparks, William L. Stotts, Dr. S.W. Strange, Samuel A. Strange, George M. Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Simon P. Taylor, Dr. Uriah L. Taylor, Robert M. Tucker, William Crawford Turk, Joseph Allen Turner, The Tutt Family, Zachariah T. Williams, John H. Wilson, Herschel P. Willis, and Frank R. Winfrey. 

The WPA excerpt includes a small map of the area and a stop at Columbia.

Wouldn't this make a unique gift?