The University Press of Kentucky

As Americans, we often take our many freedoms for granted.

" Kentucky Home Place tells of eight generations of the fictitious Boyd Family, whose story begins in 1799 with a Western Kentucky land claim and continues through the present.

" Deep in the center of every tree, you'll find the heartwood.

" Headless visions—howls and moans—ghostly ladies dressed in black and white—a fiddling spirit dancing on the road.

This is an account of a Native American family in central Kentucky in the year 1585.