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Listed here are three tragedies from early Kentucky historical past: the defeat of a small military of Kentuckians via Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave via of Thomas Jefferson’s nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the ordinary Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825. Taylor mixes historical past with just right storytelling and a have a look at how human shortcomings every so often result in ruin.