Oh, Kentucky!

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Summary: Didn't want it to end
Review: As a history buff and a fan of historical fiction, I have a hard time finding realistic but interesting novels. This one fits the bill. It doesn't always protect the lead characters to the point of disbelief and the colorful details allow you to picture the hardships and grime as well as the romance of the era.

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Summary: This book was enchanting
Review: I have read this book twice and each time I found myself detatced from the world around and drawn into the characters. The detail that the author provides helped me to picture every scene in great detail. This detail had me hanging on every scene and every word.

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Summary: Highly enveloping, entrancing love story
Review: I was completely engrossed in the book. Receveur is an exquisite writer. The scenes come alive; you can practically see Boonesborough through Kitty Gentry's eyes. Her characters are amazingly realistic and you find yourself living the events with them, shouting in anger, screaching in fear, gasping in breathless delight. This is an entrancing love story with historical facts so accurate that you are practically there with the characters. Highly recommended for anyone who loves truly great literature.

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Summary: Oh, Kentuchy!
Review: Oh, Kentucky! by Betty Layman Receveur is a story about how life was in the early years of Kentucky as a family moves to this territory and experiences perils, heartbreak, and grief.

The wilderness that was Kentucky early on and the founding of Fort Boonesborough are but part of the story as told through the eyes of Kitty Gentry. Travelling through Cumberland Gap and onto the sacred hunting ground of the dangerous Shawnee the author keeps us riveted to the heartwrenching story... filled with love and hope... an undying will to make a home out of the green wilderness... we find passion.

This soty is very compelling and you will find yourself engrossed and wanting to find out what happens next. This story is fiction, but it gives the reader a real life depiction of how perilous life was at that time. As Kentucky's population continues to grow, becoming a state is now on the minds of the people. We find Kitty fighting for survival along side the men, but later find find her fighting for schools as the realities of real life begin to take over the wilderness.

This is a very well told story and you will not want to put the book down, full of emotion and real life.

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Summary: A very intriguing book.
Review: This book, I thought, was a very intriguing, well written and interesting book. I couldn't put it down! Although the story of Kitty Gentry and her family isn't true, everything going on around her is. I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: One of Those Once in a Lifetime Books
Review: This is one of those books I would rank right up there with "Gone With the Wind", a book you can re-read over and over, and still relish every word. One of THE best, period. I have waited wistfully in hopes that the author would write more historial sagas in a similar vein......she is a master of her craft.

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Summary: Oh, Kentucky
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. In fact I have read it so much that the last two chapters have fallen off and I am now looking for a new copy. I highly suggest you read this book. You will never want to put it down.

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Summary: Oh, Kentucky!
Review: This story was full of life-like characters, with emotions that I could relate to. A wonderful portrayal of early America, and the brave people who struggled to make our nation what it is today. It brought history to life.