| Book Review | Indiana Magazine of History, 100.1

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Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky: An Uncommon Life in the Commonwealth

Edited by John E. Kleber

(Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003. Pp. xiii, 256. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic essay, index. $25.00.)


"Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals." Perhaps the words of General Douglas MacArthur help to explain why historian and centenarian Thomas D. Clark has withstood the years so well. The former long-time chair of the history department at the University of Ken-tucky has not deserted his great ideal: the notion that the knowledge of history remains as practicable and useful today as a full grasp of the Internet. Clark remains physically active, speaking to audiences and writing. His mind and his eloquence seem to be sharpened by the passage of time. The essence of his incredibly varied and productive life has been captured wonderfully in Thomas D. Clark of Kentucky.	1
Born in Louisville, Mississippi, on July 13, 1903, the oldest of seven siblings, Clark is the son of a cotton farmer but was greatly influenced by his schoolteacher mom. His hard life in the cotton fields under the searing Mississippi sun, as well as his early experiences logging and working as a deckhand on a dredging boat, gave him first-hand knowledge of the rigors of rural labor.	. . .

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