Download or read book Bluegrass Craftsman written by Frances L. S. Dugan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebenezer Hiram Stedman, whose lively reminiscences of antebellum Kentucky were written as a series of letters to his daughter, was one of the pioneer papermakers of the state. Stedman paints a vivid picture of the life of the numerous and thriving middle class who sought opportunity in the expanding economy of the new West. The vivid detail of Stedman's personal experiences is supplemented by a more formal account of early Kentucky papermaking.