It was hard being a pioneer in the wilds of what would become Kentucky. Try doing it as a mother of ten. We hear about the legacy of Rebecca Boone from novelist Patricia Hudson | A pioneer of glass ceiling breakage is profiled in a new book about former Kentucky First Lady Phyllis George | Did you know about the “Slaw Line” of hot dog lovin’ West Virginia? Part of the “visionary folklore” offered up by folklorist Emily Hilliard | Writing plays with the pros: a Centre College partnership with the The Farm, a Brooklyn-based playwright incubator | Green Room Exchange gets creative to raise funds for more performances by international artists.
Eastern Standard for Nov. 17th
!["Traces" by Patricia Hudson is a retelling of the Daniel Boone saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and her two oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f6b91d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1800x2700+0+0/resize/880x1320!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F72%2F75%2Fac81ad17409d8ab31fa24787c83e%2Fhudson-traces-final-cvr-for-publ.jpg)
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