ATHS Meeting: Topic: Homemaking on the Kentucky Frontier
December 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Eddie Price
Presentation: Eddie will take us on a journey back to 1811 and assist us in experiencing homemaking on the Kentucky frontier. Learn how they built their homes, cultivated and preserved their food, made their clothes. How did they take care of their medical needs? How severe were diseases in the 1800’s? A display of early utensils will be displayed.
Bio: Eddie Price is a retired history teacher who now writes award-winning books. Widder’s Landing, a historical novel set in Kentucky in 1811-1815, has won gold medals for “Best Historical Fiction” at the Readers’ Favorite Awards and the National Literary Habitat Awards, and was honored by the US Daughters of 1812 with the “Spirit of 1812 Award.” One Drop—A Slave! (2018) has also garnered critical acclaim, winning the 2018 Gold Medal for “Best Historical Fiction” at the Florida Authors & Publishers Awards.