The Breckinridges of Kentucky

By Cordelia Friesendorf and Alena Blütener

" Across more than six generations-beginning before the Revolutionary War-the Breckinridge family has produced a series of notable leaders. These often controversial men and women included a presidential candidate, a U.S. vice president, cabinet members, generals, women's rights advocates, congressmen, editors, reformers, authors, and church leaders. Along with success, the Breckinridges, like other Americans, faced hardship and war, contended with race, lived through difficult family situations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191653
• ISBN13: 9780813191652
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher