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I've published three regional history books with Arcadia, the last one came out in 2005. Since then I wanted to concentrate on other writing endeavours including my novel which is still undergoing reconstruction.
However, in the back of my mind all this time was doing one more book for Arcadia. The Last One. This one is a pictorial book about the Beverly Hills Country Club in Southgate, KY.
Please see this link for a little more information.
In a nutshell, the BHCC started as an entertainment venue in the 1930s, was burned down, and reopened and became a showplace in the 1950s. It closed in the 1960s and reopened in the 1970s as the BH Supper Club and burned down in 1977 in a catastrophic fire which took 165 lives. The fire is the most remembered event about BH with two books written about it, but many people also remember the entertainment in the 1970s.
My book will focus on the 1950s.
One of the contacts who provided me with pictures and information for all three of my books played saxophone in the house band at BHCC in the 1950s. He took close to 300 pictures of the various acts that played on stage. These were huge, national acts from New York, Vegas, and California. These pictures are one-of-a-kind shots of performers either on stage, or backstage, or just relaxing off to the side.
Anyway, my contact is 85 years old and I thought it was time to get his pictures out of storage and into the public eye. He and I discussed doing this in 2004 but I never pursued it.
So, I hope this project won't take all of my time, what with a baby on the way, my car still undergoing restoration, and my novel being worked on, but it could actually prove to be the most popular of my books. BH is still a big topic around here, so people are going to (hopefully) really want this book.
That's the big news!
Allen
However, in the back of my mind all this time was doing one more book for Arcadia. The Last One. This one is a pictorial book about the Beverly Hills Country Club in Southgate, KY.
Please see this link for a little more information.
In a nutshell, the BHCC started as an entertainment venue in the 1930s, was burned down, and reopened and became a showplace in the 1950s. It closed in the 1960s and reopened in the 1970s as the BH Supper Club and burned down in 1977 in a catastrophic fire which took 165 lives. The fire is the most remembered event about BH with two books written about it, but many people also remember the entertainment in the 1970s.
My book will focus on the 1950s.
One of the contacts who provided me with pictures and information for all three of my books played saxophone in the house band at BHCC in the 1950s. He took close to 300 pictures of the various acts that played on stage. These were huge, national acts from New York, Vegas, and California. These pictures are one-of-a-kind shots of performers either on stage, or backstage, or just relaxing off to the side.
Anyway, my contact is 85 years old and I thought it was time to get his pictures out of storage and into the public eye. He and I discussed doing this in 2004 but I never pursued it.
So, I hope this project won't take all of my time, what with a baby on the way, my car still undergoing restoration, and my novel being worked on, but it could actually prove to be the most popular of my books. BH is still a big topic around here, so people are going to (hopefully) really want this book.
That's the big news!
Allen
