Thursday, March 24, 2022

BOOK SALE!


The following books are from my personal library and, therefore, there is only one copy of each. Please email bjjerome@yahoo.com to make sure the books you want are still available. Mailing is $3.50 per book except where noted.



Through the Canebrake by William McCollough, 2002. Soft cover, good condition. Fictionalized account of the life of Laura Gibbon, whose father, Leonard Gibbon, was shot in front of her while walking on a street in Smithland, Kentucky in 1844. Gibbon was the editor of the Smithland Bee. This book follows Laura as she moves to Iowa and marries.  $15    For an account of the shooting of Leonard Gibbon, read here: http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/10/smithland-newspaper-editor-shot-1844.html

Albion's Seed  Four British Folkways in America. By David Hackett Fischer, 1989. Soft cover. 902 pages plus index. Very good condition. No marks in book. Because of size, this book requires $6.00 postage.  Details the folkways of four groups of people who moved from distinct regions of Great Britain to the United States.   $15

Evidence!  Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills, 1997. Hard cover, 110 pages plus index, good condition, no marks. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Gives examples of how to cite various sources. $8


Postage - $3.50 per book unless otherwise noted.   Please email before ordering to make sure the books are available.


Updated 3 June 2023.

Brenda Joyce Jerome
bjjerome@yahoo.com