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James C. Klotter is an American historian who has served as the State Historian of Kentucky since 1980.[1][2] Klotter is also a history professor at Georgetown College and one of the co-authors of Kentucky's staple history book, A New History of Kentucky.

Klotter received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Kentucky, and he has been awarded honorary degrees from Eastern Kentucky University and Union College.[1] Klotter was the executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society for many years, and he was an associate editor of the Kentucky Encyclopedia.[1] In 2015, the Boyd County High School chapter of the Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society was named in his honor.[3] In 2022, has was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame for 2022 by the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.[4]

As of 2017, Klotter lives with his wife in Lexington, Kentucky.[1]

Major works

• William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath. Lexington, Kentucky. 1977.[5]
• A New History of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 1997.
• A Concise History of Kentucky.[6][7]
• History Mysteries.
• Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900-1950.
• Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid.
• The Breckinridges of Kentucky.
• Faces of Kentucky.
• Genealogies of Kentucky Families, from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Volume O – Y.
• Appalachian Ghost Stories: Tales from Bloody Breathitt. Klotter wrote the foreword.[8][9]

References

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN

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