Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community

By Douglas A. Boyd

Book Overview

A small neighborhood in northern Frankfort, Kentucky, Crawfish Bottom was located on fifty acres of swampy land along the Kentucky River. "Craw's" reputation for vice, violence, moral corruption, and unsanitary conditions made it a target for urban renewal projects, and the district was razed to make way for the city's Capital Plaza in the mid-1960s. Douglas A. Boyd provides a record of the vanished neighborhood and its culture, acknowledging the popular misconceptions about the community while

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813144337
• ISBN13: 9780813144337
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary